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Prostitution and the sex discrepancy in reported number of sexual partners.


ABSTRACT: One of the most reliable and perplexing findings from surveys of sexual behavior is that men report substantially more sexual partners than women do. We use data from national sex surveys and studies of prostitutes and their clients in the United States to examine sampling bias as an explanation for this disparity. We find that prostitute women are underrepresented in the national surveys. Once their undersampling and very high numbers of sexual partners are factored in, the discrepancy disappears. Prostitution's role in the discrepancy is not readily apparent because men are reluctant to acknowledge that their reported partners include prostitutes.

SUBMITTER: Brewer DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC17351 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prostitution and the sex discrepancy in reported number of sexual partners.

Brewer D D DD   Potterat J J JJ   Garrett S B SB   Muth S Q SQ   Roberts J M JM   Kasprzyk D D   Montano D E DE   Darrow W W WW  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20001001 22


One of the most reliable and perplexing findings from surveys of sexual behavior is that men report substantially more sexual partners than women do. We use data from national sex surveys and studies of prostitutes and their clients in the United States to examine sampling bias as an explanation for this disparity. We find that prostitute women are underrepresented in the national surveys. Once their undersampling and very high numbers of sexual partners are factored in, the discrepancy disappea  ...[more]

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