告诉尾巴解释了性伴侣报告中的差异
1Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
Nature
|September 30, 1993
概括
性行为调查是可靠的,伴侣数量的差异是由少数个人报告许多伴侣解释的. 改进可以提高疾病建模的数据准确性.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
背景情况:
- 性行为调查经常报告说,男性的女性伴侣比女性的男性伴侣更多.
- 这种差异经常归因于调查数据中的响应和抽样偏差.
研究的目的:
- 调查男性和女性之间报告的性伴侣的差异的原因.
- 评估性行为调查数据的可靠性.
主要方法:
- 从调查数据分析报告的终身性伴侣.
- 在不同范围的报告合作伙伴中比较合作伙伴比率.
主要成果:
- 报告的男性与女性伴侣的比例在排除有大量伴侣的个人时显著下降.
- 对于拥有不到20个终身伴侣的受访者来说,该比率从3.2:1变为1.2:1.
结论:
- 性伴侣报告的异常主要是由异常值 (拥有多个伴侣的个人) 驱动的.
- 性行为调查通常是可靠的,通过异常分析有可能提高准确性.
- 增强的数据准确性可以改善性传播疾病 (STD) 传播的建模,包括获得性免疫缺陷综合征 (AIDS).
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