Assessing the validity of respondents' reports of their partners' ages in a rural South African population-based cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Harling, Guy ^a   Tanser, Frank ^b   Mutevedzi, Tinofa ^b   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; SPOUSE; VALIDITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926476386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005638     Document Type: Article

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