A sweeping survey of Americans' sexual behavior

Chad · 03-05-11, 01:12 PM

25% really surprises me actually, I thought the number would be a lot lower, I know umm, 3 people my age from a high school of 600 that have not had sex. But perhaps that's also where I grew up, as the Mid-West is also the fat-belt and std-belt of America

Platapus · 03-05-11, 06:52 PM

Of course, this is all based on what the teens choose to answer on a survey. What is the probability that a teenager will answer sexual questions truthfully?

That's the weakness of such instruments. What people say and what is the truth may or may not be closely related.

It has been my experience both professionally and academically, that the longer you work with survey instruments, the less you can rely on them.

Krauter · 03-05-11, 09:19 PM

They're not fat

just pleasantly plump

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Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	25% really surprises me actually, I thought the number would be a lot lower, I know umm, 3 people my age from a high school of 600 that have not had sex. But perhaps that's also where I grew up, as the Mid-West is also the fat-belt and std-belt of America __________________

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Of course, this is all based on what the teens choose to answer on a survey. What is the probability that a teenager will answer sexual questions truthfully? That's the weakness of such instruments. What people say and what is the truth may or may not be closely related. It has been my experience both professionally and academically, that the longer you work with survey instruments, the less you can rely on them. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.