Question comprehension and recall: The reporting of induced abortions in quantitative surveys on the general population
Question comprehension and recall: The reporting of induced abortions in quantitative surveys on the general population
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DOI：
10.2307/3654993
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Bouyer, J
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作者：
Moreau, C;Bajos, N;Bouyer, J
这项关于堕胎低估的研究有两个目的。首先，使用同一研究中关于这一事件的不同问题来比较人工流产的漏报情况，以及最近法国其他研究的结果。其次，估计由于对用于描述人工流产的术语的误解而造成的分类错误。数据来自法国关于避孕用法和人工流产的Cocon研究。对2,863名年龄在18-44岁的女性的代表性样本进行了分析。尽管在问题措辞上特别谨慎，但在Cocon调查中，对人工流产的低估仍然很高(40%)。然而，这项研究证明了使用不同的词汇来描述人工流产的价值，因为这减少了分类错误并提高了数据质量。这项研究还提出了关于少报的重要性的问题，无论调查设计和提问形式如何，少报似乎都是常态。一个因素是很难把经历过的事件说成是一次失败，但其他解释也是可能的，特别是不愿透露总体上与健康相关的事件。
The aims of this study on abortion underestimation are twofold. First, to compare the underreporting of induced abortion using different questions on this event from the same study, and the results from other recent French studies. Second, to estimate the classification errors due to misunderstanding of the terms used to describe induced abortion.The data came from the COCON study on contraceptive use and induced abortion in France. A representative sample of 2,863 women aged 18-44 was used for the analysis.Despite particular care over question wording, underestimation of induced abortion remained high (40%) in the COCON survey. Nevertheless, the study demonstrates the value of using a varied vocabulary to describe induced abortion, since this reduces classification errors and improves data quality. The study also raises questions about the significance of underreporting, which seems to be a constant regardless of the survey design and the form of questioning. One factor is the difficulty of talking about an event experienced as a failure, but other explanations are also possible, in particular the reluctance to disclose health-related events in general.