テリングテイルは,性パートナー報告の不一致を説明する
1Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
Nature
|September 30, 1993
まとめ
性行動に関する調査は信頼できるもので,数少ない個人が多くのパートナーを報告していることから,パートナー数の不一致が説明される. 改善は,疾患モデリングのデータ精度を高めることができます.
科学分野:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学とは
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 統計局 統計局 統計局 統計局 統計局
背景:
- 性行動に関する調査では,女性の男性パートナーよりも男性の女性パートナーの方が多いことが報告されています.
- この不一致は,調査データにおける応答とサンプリングのバイアスにしばしば起因する.
研究 の 目的:
- 男性と女性の間で報告された性パートナーにおける不一致の原因を調査する.
- 性行動調査データの信頼性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 調査データから報告された生涯の性パートナーの分析.
- 報告されたパートナーの異なる範囲におけるパートナー比の比較.
主要な成果:
- 男性と女性のパートナーを報告した割合は,パートナー数が多い個人を除外すると大幅に減少します.
- 20人未満の生涯パートナーを持つ回答者の場合,比率は3.2:1から1.2:1に変化します.
結論:
- 性的パートナー報告の異常は,主に異常値 (多数のパートナーを持つ個人) によって引き起こされています.
- 性行動に関する調査は,一般的に信頼性があり,アウトライア分析によって精度が向上する可能性がある.
- データの精度が向上すれば,得られた免疫不全症候群 (AIDS) を含む性感染症 (STD) 感染拡大のモデリングが改善できる.
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