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Male circumcision in Britain: findings from a national probability sample survey
  1. S S Dave1,
  2. A M Johnson2,
  3. K A Fenton2,
  4. C H Mercer2,
  5. B Erens3,
  6. K Wellings4
  1. 1The Mortimer Market Centre, Camden Primary Care, Trust, off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
  2. 2Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, and Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London, WC1E 6AU, UK
  3. 3National Centre for Social Research, 35 Northampton, Square, London EC1V 0AX, UK
  4. 4London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Sangeeta S Dave
 Camden Primary Care Trust, Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK; Sangeeta.Davecamdenpct.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.6.499

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    Studies from developing countries1 and sexually transmitted diseases clinics in developed countries2 show that male circumcision appears to protect against some ulcerative sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and decreases the risk of HIV infection.3 We used data from the 2000 British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal 2000)—a large scale, stratified, probability sample survey—to estimate the prevalence of male circumcision in Britain and investigate its association with key demographic characteristics, sexual behaviours, and reported STI diagnosis. Natsal 2000 methodology details are published elsewhere.4 For the purposes of this investigation, data from targeted oversampling of black Caribbean, black African, Indian, and Pakistani groups (the Natsal ethnic minority boost) were combined with the main survey data in order to increase the numbers of these respondents included …

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      Sexually Transmitted Infections 2004; 80 78-78 Published Online First: 30 Jan 2004.