Author/Editor     Klavs, Irena
Title     National survey of sexual lifestyles and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Slovenia
Type     monografija
Place     Ljubljana
Publisher     University of London, London school of hygiene and topical medicine
Publication year     2002
Volume     str. 216
Language     eng
Abstract     This thesis reports the design and execution of, and results from, the first national general population probability sample survey of sexual behaviour and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Slovenia. Methodological strengths included a reliable general population sampling frame and use of well tested and piloted data collection methods which were adapted from the National Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles Survey (NATSAL) in the UK. Anonymous self administration might have contributed to improved validity of self reported information. Limitations of our survey include validity constraints of self reported information, and possible participation biases inherent to all behavioural surveys. By weighting the data we adjusted for different probabilities of selection according to age, differences in response and differences between the achieved sample and population estimates according to key demographic variables. By using complex survey functions in STATA in the analyses we were able to account for the weighting, clustering and stratification. A total of 849 men and 903 women participated and urine specimens were obtained from 685 men and 764 women. Overall survey response rate was 67.0%, 63.3% among men and 70.9% among women. Urine specimens were obtained from 82.7% of respondents, 80.7% of male and 84.6% of female. The median age at first heterosexual intercourse declined from 18 to 17 years among men born during the late sixties and was followed by an equivalent decline among women born during the late seventies. The gender gap which had previously existed in the cumulative proportions of men and women experiencing first heterosexual intercourse before the age of 17 has closed for individuals born in the late eighties and early nineties. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors     SEX BEHAVIOR
CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
LIFE STYLE
CONTRACEPTION
ADULT
MIDDLE AGE
CONDOMS
QUESTIONNAIRES
SPECIMEN HANDLING
SEXUAL PARTNERS
DATA COLLECTION
PREVALENCE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
SLOVENIA
SAMPLE SIZE
DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL
SEX FACTORS
AGE FACTORS