TY - JOUR T1 - Male circumcision in Britain: findings from a national probability sample survey JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 499 LP - 500 DO - 10.1136/sti.79.6.499 VL - 79 IS - 6 AU - S S Dave AU - A M Johnson AU - K A Fenton AU - C H Mercer AU - B Erens AU - K Wellings Y1 - 2003/12/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/79/6/499.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -