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Inferring individual sexual action dispositions from egocentric network data on dyadic sexual outcomes

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  • Disa Hansson
  • Veronika Fridlund
  • Karin Stenqvist
  • Tom Britton
  • Fredrik Liljeros

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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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  • Disa Hansson & Veronika Fridlund & Karin Stenqvist & Tom Britton & Fredrik Liljeros, 2018. "Inferring individual sexual action dispositions from egocentric network data on dyadic sexual outcomes," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0207116
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207116
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    1. Disa Hansson & Susanne Strömdahl, 2020. "Estimating individual action dispositions using binary and frequency egocentric sexual network data," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 74(3), pages 242-260, August.

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