Measuring sexual behaviour in the era of HIV/AIDS: the experience of Demographic and Health Surveys and similar enquiries
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Auteurs : S L Curtis ; E G SutherlandSource :
- Sexually Transmitted Infections [ 1368-4973 ] ; 2004-12.
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- Africa, African countries, Basic documentation number, Behaviour, Behaviour survey, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Caribbean colombia, Carolina population center, Casual partners, Chapel hill, Child health information, Colombia, Consistent increases, DHS, Demographic and Health Surveys, Data collection, Data quality, Disease control, Dominican republic, Extramarital partner, First birth, First marriage, Gender, Gender differences, Haiti, Health surveys, Heavy emphasis, Higher risk, Higher risk partnerships, Individual surveys, Instrument design, Internal consistency, Kenya, Large gender differences, Large increase, Latin America, Latin america, Little change, Macro, Measure evaluation, Millennium development goals, Partial partner history, Partner types, Percentage points, Population research, Premarital, Premarital conception, Premarital fertility, Prevalence countries, Previous year ranges, Princeton university, Questionnaire design, Recent partners, Reports series, Reproductive behaviour, Resource development, Resource systems, Results caution, SBS, Sexual Behaviour Survey, Sample sizes, Several countries, Sexual behaviour, Sexual behaviour data, Sexual behaviour questions, Short term changes, Sufficient grounds, Survey data, Survey implementation, Survey year africa kenya, Surveys country, Surveys show, Tanzania, Uganda, Underreporting, Unmarried respondents, Unmarried women, Unweighted denominators, Valuable source, Year olds, Young adult survey, Young people, Zambia, Zimbabwe, data quality, sexual behaviour.
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- African countries, Basic documentation number, Behaviour, Behaviour survey, Caribbean colombia, Carolina population center, Casual partners, Chapel hill, Child health information, Colombia, Consistent increases, Data collection, Data quality, Disease control, Dominican republic, Extramarital partner, First birth, First marriage, Gender, Gender differences, Haiti, Health surveys, Heavy emphasis, Higher risk, Higher risk partnerships, Individual surveys, Instrument design, Internal consistency, Kenya, Large gender differences, Large increase, Latin america, Little change, Macro, Measure evaluation, Millennium development goals, Partial partner history, Partner types, Percentage points, Population research, Premarital, Premarital conception, Premarital fertility, Prevalence countries, Previous year ranges, Princeton university, Questionnaire design, Recent partners, Reports series, Reproductive behaviour, Resource development, Resource systems, Results caution, Sample sizes, Several countries, Sexual behaviour, Sexual behaviour data, Sexual behaviour questions, Short term changes, Sufficient grounds, Survey data, Survey implementation, Survey year africa kenya, Surveys country, Surveys show, Tanzania, Uganda, Underreporting, Unmarried respondents, Unmarried women, Unweighted denominators, Valuable source, Year olds, Young adult survey, Young people, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Abstract
Objectives: To review the sexual behaviour data collected in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and other similar national surveys from the perspective of data quality. Methods: Two indicators of premarital and higher risk sexual behaviour were analysed for 31 surveys in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. The analysis focused on the internal consistency of trends and gender differences in the reported indicators. Results: The authors found fluctuating trends in premarital sex in sub-Saharan Africa but consistent increases in Latin America and the Caribbean. Changes in questionnaire design do not seem to contribute to these trends and there is evidence that the increase in premarital sex is genuine in Latin America. Trends in sex with non-spousal, non-cohabiting partners show large fluctuations and inconsistencies between surveys in some countries but not others. Men are consistently more likely to report non-marital sexual partners than women and unmarried women are less likely than unmarried men to report casual partners. Conclusions: Surveys are potentially a valuable source of information on sexual behaviour but there are sufficient grounds for concern to warrant considerable caution in the use of survey data to monitor trends in sexual behaviour. Survey findings must be evaluated carefully and interpreted in the context of other available information. These results caution against placing heavy emphasis on short term changes in sexual behaviour between individual surveys and highlight the need for attention to quality in data collection.
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The analysis focused on the internal consistency of trends and gender differences in the reported indicators.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The authors found fluctuating trends in premarital sex in sub-Saharan Africa but consistent increases in Latin America and the Caribbean. Changes in questionnaire design do not seem to contribute to these trends and there is evidence that the increase in premarital sex is genuine in Latin America. Trends in sex with non-spousal, non-cohabiting partners show large fluctuations and inconsistencies between surveys in some countries but not others. Men are consistently more likely to report non-marital sexual partners than women and unmarried women are less likely than unmarried men to report casual partners.</p><p><bold>Conclusions:</bold> Surveys are potentially a valuable source of information on sexual behaviour but there are sufficient grounds for concern to warrant considerable caution in the use of survey data to monitor trends in sexual behaviour. Survey findings must be evaluated carefully and interpreted in the context of other available information. 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Dr S L Curtis
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