Let's talk about sex, maybe: interviewers, respondents, and sexual behavior reporting in rural South Africa

B Houle, N Angotti, SJ Clark, J Williams… - Field …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Field Methods, 2016journals.sagepub.com
Researchers are often skeptical of sexual behavior surveys: Respondents may lie or forget
details of their intimate lives, and interviewers may exercise authority in how they capture
responses. We use data from a 2010–2011 cross-sectional sexual behavior survey in rural
South Africa to explore who says what to whom about their sexual lives. Results show an
effect of fieldworker age across outcomes: Respondents report “safer,” more “responsible”
sexual behavior to older fieldworkers, and an effect of fieldworker sex; men report more …
Researchers are often skeptical of sexual behavior surveys: Respondents may lie or forget details of their intimate lives, and interviewers may exercise authority in how they capture responses. We use data from a 2010–2011 cross-sectional sexual behavior survey in rural South Africa to explore who says what to whom about their sexual lives. Results show an effect of fieldworker age across outcomes: Respondents report “safer,” more “responsible” sexual behavior to older fieldworkers, and an effect of fieldworker sex; men report more sexual partners to female fieldworkers. Understanding fieldworker effects on the production of sexual behavior survey data serves methodological and analytical goals.
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