Effects of Interviewer Gender, Interviewer Choice, and Item Wording on Responses to Questions Concerning Sexual Behavior

Journal Article EFFECTS OF INTERVIEWER GENDER, INTERVIEWER CHOICE, AND ITEM WORDING ON RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Get access JOSEPH A. CATANIA, JOSEPH A. CATANIA JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DIANE BINSON, DIANE BINSON JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JESSE CANCHOLA, JESSE CANCHOLA JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LANCE M. POLLACK, LANCE M. POLLACK JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar WALTER HAUCK, WALTER HAUCK JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar THOMAS J. COATES THOMAS J. COATES JOSEPH A. CATANIA, DIANE BINSON, JESSE CANCHOLA, LANCE M. POLLACK, and THOMAS J. COATES work in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. WALTER HAUCK is professor of medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. This work was funded in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHyNational Institute on Aging (NIA) grants MH43892/MH46240, MH/AG48642, and NIMH Centers grant MH42459. We thank Jeff Henne and Larry Bye of Communications Technologies for their efforts regarding data collection; Melissa Adelson, Karen Mast, and Anna Lisa des Prez for their work on instrument development and manuscript preparation; Esther Hudes for her thoughtful comments on the conceptualization of the randomization procedures; and Graham Kalton, Charles Cannell, Eleanor Singer, and Seymour Sudman for their intellectual contributions to the early development of this work. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 3, FALL 1996, Pages 345–375, https://doi.org/10.1086/297758 Published: 01 January 1996