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Abstract
The reliability of self-reported answers about sexual behaviour is assessed by means of a survey of couples in rural Senegal, Africa, carried out in 1992. A total of 51 married couples were followed weekly over a five-week period. Reports for a recall period of seven days are reliable: dates of sexual acts differed by no more than a day in 73 per cent of cases. Reports over longer periods are less reliable. Retrospective recall of coital frequency for a four-week period yields much higher estimates than those obtained with a seven-day recall, particularly for men.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Coital Frequency; Couples; Currently Married; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Evaluation; Extramarital Sex Behavior; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; French Speaking Africa; Marital Status; Measurement; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Reliability; Research Report; Rural Population; Sampling Studies; Senegal; Sex Behavior; Studies; Surveys; Validity; Western Africa
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Year: 1994 PMID： 10150521
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Transit Rev ISSN： 1036-4005