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Discrepancies between men and women in reporting number of sexual partners: a summary from four countries
1National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Social Biology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Men and women in national surveys from four countries, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Norway, give mutually inconsistent reports of numbers of opposite-gender sexual partners. In all cases the number of female partners reported by men exceeds the number of male partners reported by women. Gender difference in reporting bias seems to be the most plausible explanation for the discrepancies.
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AmericasBehaviorCanadaData AnalysisData CollectionDeveloped CountriesError SourcesEuropeMeasurementMethodological StudiesNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaNorthern EuropeNorwayResearch MethodologySampling StudiesScandinaviaSex Behavior--menSex Behavior--womenStudiesSurveysUndercountUnited KingdomUnited States