1. Inferring individual sexual action dispositions from egocentric network data on dyadic sexual outcomes
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Hansson, Disa, Fridlund, Veronika, Stenqvist, Karin, Britton, Tom, and Liljeros, Fredrik
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Adult ,Male ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Social Psychology ,Adolescent ,Sexual Behavior ,Sexually Transmitted Diseases ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Geographical locations ,Condoms ,Health Risk Behaviors ,Young Adult ,Sex Factors ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Humans ,Heterosexuals ,European Union ,lcsh:Science ,Sweden ,Behavior ,lcsh:R ,Social Influence ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Probability Theory ,Probability Distribution ,Europe ,Infectious Diseases ,Sexual Partners ,People and Places ,Physical Sciences ,Population Groupings ,Female ,lcsh:Q ,Human Sexual Behavior ,Mathematics ,Network Analysis ,Research Article ,Sexuality Groupings - Abstract
In this paper we present a family of models that allows us to estimate egos' unobserved action dispositions from a joint behavioural outcome of a dyadic social interaction process of both egos' and alters' action dispositions. The method is put to test on a data set containing two different types of dyadic activities of high relevance for the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI), condom use and anal sex. The data consists of individuals older than 15 years old who visited one of the nine youth clinics in the Vastra Gotaland region of Sweden between February 2010 and March 2011 for STI testing. This is hence a group of special interest for STI interventions. We cannot find any difference in condom disposition between women and men. Condoms are initially used more often in less risky types of relationships, especially if the partner ends up as a main partner. When studying the disposition towards anal sex we do however find a difference between men and women. Women are more against practising anal sex than men while the majority of men are neutral towards anal sex.
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- 2018