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Copyright of Biomédica: Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud is the property of Instituto Nacional de Salud of Colombia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Since sexual minorities are victims of discrimination, it is possible that teenagers do not accurately report their sexual orientation. There are differences in the frequency of non-heterosexual behavior according to the way it is investigated; however, concordance between these ways has not been explored yet. The objective was to establish the concordance between two ways of researching sexual orientation among students at Santa Marta, Colombia. In this survey, 3575 students participated, 57% were girls, with a mean age of 13.6 (SD=1.9), and mean scholarship, of 8.2 years (SD=1.6). Sexual orientation was established by means of direct and indirect questions. Cohen's kappa showed concordance beyond chance. Observed concordance reached 76.8%, and Cohen's kappa, 0.368 (95% CI 0.337-0.399). Concordance between the two ways of asking about sexual orientation was found to be low. Investigation of sexual orientation should include research objectives and result implications as criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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