RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Men who have sex with men: a comparison of a probability sample survey and a community based study
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 86
OP 87
DO 10.1136/sti.2005.015248
VO 82
IS 1
A1 J P Dodds
A1 C H Mercer
A1 D E Mercey
A1 A J Copas
A1 A M Johnson
YR 2006
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/82/1/86.abstract
AB We compared characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) in a probability sample survey with a community based study in London. The majority of men in both surveys reported male sex partner(s) in the last year but MSM recruited through the population based survey had lower levels of HIV risk behaviour, reported fewer sexually transmitted infections and HIV testing than those recruited from gay venues. Community samples are likely to overestimate levels of risk behaviour among all MSM.