Turner C F, Ku L, Rogers S M, Lindberg L D, Pleck J H, Sonenstein F L
Program in Health and Behavior Measurement at the Research Triangle Institute, 1635 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Science. 1998 May 8;280(5365):867-73. doi: 10.1126/science.280.5365.867.
Surveys of risk behaviors have been hobbled by their reliance on respondents to report accurately about engaging in behaviors that are highly sensitive and may be illegal. An audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) technology for measuring those behaviors was tested with 1690 respondents in the 1995 National Survey of Adolescent Males. The respondents were randomly assigned to answer questions using either audio-CASI or a more traditional self-administered questionnaire. Estimates of the prevalence of male-male sex, injection drug use, and sexual contact with intravenous drug users were higher by factors of 3 or more when audio-CASI was used. Increased reporting was also found for several other risk behaviors.
风险行为调查一直受到阻碍,因为它们依赖受访者准确报告参与那些高度敏感且可能违法的行为。一种用于测量这些行为的音频计算机辅助自我访谈(audio-CASI)技术,在1995年全国青少年男性调查中对1690名受访者进行了测试。受访者被随机分配使用audio-CASI或更传统的自填式问卷来回答问题。当使用audio-CASI时,男男性行为、注射吸毒以及与静脉吸毒者发生性接触的流行率估计高出3倍或更多。在其他几种风险行为方面也发现报告有所增加。