Phillips K A, Catania J A
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94105, USA.
Public Health Rep. 1995 Nov-Dec;110(6):749-53.
This paper assesses consistency in self-reports of human immunodeficiency virus testing using two waves of longitudinal data from a large, national probability survey, the National AIDS Behavioral Survey. Of those reporting at Wave I that they had been tested for reasons other than blood donation, 18 percent reported at Wave 2 that they had never been tested. Of those reporting at Wave I that they had been tested when they donated blood, 29 percent reported at Wave 2 that they had never been tested. Inconsistent responses may be due to poor recall and to high self-presentation bias, that is, a desire to provide socially acceptable answers. Poor recall may be exacerbated by passive conditions such as blood donation. The authors conclude with recommendations for reducing measurement error in surveys of testing behavior.
本文利用来自一项大型全国概率调查（即全国艾滋病行为调查）的两波纵向数据，评估了人类免疫缺陷病毒检测自我报告的一致性。在第一波调查中报告因非献血原因接受过检测的人中，18%在第二波调查中报告从未接受过检测。在第一波调查中报告献血时接受过检测的人中，29%在第二波调查中报告从未接受过检测。不一致的回答可能是由于回忆不佳和高度的自我呈现偏差，即希望提供社会认可的答案。诸如献血等被动情况可能会加剧回忆不佳的问题。作者最后提出了减少检测行为调查中测量误差的建议。
