Consistency in reporting sensitive sexual behaviours in Britain: change in reporting bias in the second and third National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-2 and Natsal-3)

Philip Prah; Andrew J Copas; Catherine H Mercer; Soazig Clifton; Bob Erens; Andrew Phelps; Clare Tanton; Pam Sonnenberg; Wendy Macdowall; Kaye Wellings; Anne M Johnson

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2013-051360

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National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

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Consistency in reporting sensitive sexual behaviours in Britain: change in reporting bias in the second and third National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-2 and Natsal-3)

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Philip Prah Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew J Copas Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine H Mercer Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Soazig Clifton Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK NatCen Social Research, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bob Erens Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Phelps NatCen Social Research, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clare Tanton Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pam Sonnenberg Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wendy Macdowall Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kaye Wellings Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anne M Johnson Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Catherine Mercer, UCL Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, 3rd floor Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London, WC1E 6JB, UK; c.mercer{at}ucl.ac.uk

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Prah P, Copas AJ, Mercer CH, et al

Consistency in reporting sensitive sexual behaviours in Britain: change in reporting bias in the second and third National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-2 and Natsal-3)

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2014;90:90-93.

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Received September 10, 2013
Revised October 24, 2013
Accepted October 27, 2013
First published November 25, 2013.

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May 13, 2016

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