Why Do Men Report More Opposite-Sex Sexual Partners Than Women? Analysis of the Gender Discrepancy in a British National Probability Survey

In a closed population and defined time period, the mean number of opposite-sex partners reported by men and women should be equal. However, in all surveys, men report more partners. This inconsistency is pivotal to debate about the reliability of self-reported sexual behavior. We used data from the...

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Published in:J Sex Res
Main Authors: Mitchell, Kirstin R., Mercer, Catherine H., Prah, Philip, Clifton, Soazig, Tanton, Clare, Wellings, Kaye, Copas, Andrew
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30044926
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1481193
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