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Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors: Methodological issues

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Studies of sexual and other sensitive behaviors are often fraught with a variety of reporting biases. When IAQs are used to collect data, respondents may underreport certain sensitive behaviors and overreport normative behaviors. SAQs can also pose problems: requiring that respondents be literate and able to follow skip patterns. In recent years, the development of computerized technologies--audio-CASI and T-ACASI--have begun to overcome some of the limitations of IAQs and SAQs. By providing a more private mode for data collection and standardized delivery of all questions, as well as automated skip patterns and range checks, audio-CASI and T-ACASI have been tested in a number of studies and found to be an effective way of reducing response bias, and thus, contributing to a better understanding of the prevalence and patterns of sexual and other sensitive behaviors.

Source: The Journal of Sex Research

DOI: 10.1080/00224499909551963

Authors: James N. Gribble, Heather G. Miller, Susan M. Rogers, Charles F. Turner

Institution: RTI International

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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