Consistency in reporting sensitive sexual behaviours in Britain: Change in reporting bias in the second and third National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-2 and Natsal-3)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-93

  Prah, Philip ^a   Copas, Andrew J ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Clifton, Soazig ^a,b   Erens, Bob ^a,c   Phelps, Andrew ^b   Tanton, Clare ^a   Sonnenberg, Pam ^a   Macdowall, Wendy ^c   Wellings, Kaye ^c   Johnson, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84895557969     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051360     Document Type: Article

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