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Article: FLUCTUATION IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY, THE VALIDITY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ESTIMATES FOR SHORT TIME INTERVALS, AND HIV INTERVENTION EVALUATION IN RURAL ZIMBABWE.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Data on sexual behaviour over short time intervals are needed in HIV-related research for behavioural surveillance purposes (Amon et al., 2000), particularly where attempts are made to detect changes in behaviour resulting from intensive HIV prevention initiatives. In these and other circumstances, data on short time periods are also desirable as they are generally less affected by recall bias (Enel, Lagarde, & Pison, 1994).
However, these data are subject to a number of limitations. For example, the smaller numbers of events recorded over shorter time periods will tend to restrict the statistical power to detect differences in behavior between populations ...