Best-friend reports: a tool for measuring the prevalence of sensitive behaviors.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300194 and PMC identifier 3154247.
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Abstract
We introduce the best-friend methodology for using surveys to measure the population prevalence of sensitive behaviors. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this tool by comparing self-reports to best-friend reports of sexual behavior and abortion history among young women in Malawi (n = 1493). Best-friend reports reveal higher and more believable estimates of abortion and multiple sexual partners. In contexts in which best friends commonly discuss such behaviors, best-friend reports are an inexpensive and easily implemented tool.
Medical subject headings
- Abortion, Induced
- Data Collection
- Friends
- Interpersonal Relations
- Sexual Behavior