An empirical study of ordinal condom use measures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10206195 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Cecil (0000-0001-8603-1083, Capital University, corresponding author), Steven D Pinkerton (Medical College of Wisconsin), Laura M Bogart (0000-0003-3182-5542, RAND Corporation), Jelena D Pavlovic Pavlovic (Kent State University), Jelena Pavlović (0000-0003-2049-6755), Allison M Kimball (Capital College) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 353-358 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224490509552291 |
| PMID | 19827240 |
| OpenAlex | W2045665474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Accurate condom use assessment is critical in sexually transmitted infection-prevention research. Ordinal condom use frequency measures may be problematic due to subjective interpretation by respondents. To assess this potential bias, we examined the ordinal condom use labels (e.g., "never," "rarely," etc.) assigned by college students to 17 scenarios that described how frequently a hypothetical couple used condoms. Scenarios varied by condom use frequency (0% to 100%) and by whether frequency was described by stating the number of protected acts out of 20 total acts of intercourse, out of 100 total acts, or as a proportion of acts that were protected. There was substantial interpersonal variability in the labels assigned by participants in all 17 scenarios and inconsistent use of the "never" and "always" labels to characterize 0% and 100% condom use, respectively. The assigned labels varied as a function of the number of total acts (20 vs. 100) and whether condom use was expressed as a count or a percentage, which suggests that participants did not convert the number of protected acts to an equivalent proportion. These results call into question both the reliability and validity of ordinal condom use measures
Condom · Family medicine · Family planning · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Interpersonal communication · Ordinal data · Population · Research methodology · Statistics · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2013 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |