Improving questions on sexual partnerships: Lessons learned from cognitive interviews for Britain's third national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles ("Natsal-3")

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-185

  Aicken, Catherine R H ^a   Gray, Michelle ^b   Clifton, Soazig ^b   Tanton, Clare ^a   Field, Nigel ^a   Sonnenberg, Pam ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive interview; Epidemiology; Sex surveys; Sexual mixing; Sexual partnerships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878400413     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9962-2     Document Type: Review

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