TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of Men and Women Who Complete or Exit From an On-Line Internet Sexuality Questionnaire
T2 - A Study of Instrument Dropout Biases
AU - Ross, Michael W.
AU - Daneback, Kristian
AU - Månsson, Sven Axel
AU - Tikkanen, Ronny
AU - Cooper, Al
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a grant from the Swedish Social Science and Work Life Research Council.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - This study compared respondents who completed an Internet sexuality questionnaire and those who dropped out before completion. The study was in Swedish and comprised 3,614 respondents over a 2-week period (53% males, 47% females). There were significant differences between males, of whom 51% dropped out before completion of the 175-item questionnaire, and females, of whom 43% dropped out. Dropout in both genders followed a curve of negative acceleration. The data suggest that dropout is likely to be significant and gender and demographically biased, and to occur significantly earlier for men than for women. Geography, education, sexual orientation, age, relationship status, living arrangements, and Internet connection speed were related to dropout for men, while only relationship status and living arrangements, which were in the opposite direction from men, were related to dropout in women.
AB - This study compared respondents who completed an Internet sexuality questionnaire and those who dropped out before completion. The study was in Swedish and comprised 3,614 respondents over a 2-week period (53% males, 47% females). There were significant differences between males, of whom 51% dropped out before completion of the 175-item questionnaire, and females, of whom 43% dropped out. Dropout in both genders followed a curve of negative acceleration. The data suggest that dropout is likely to be significant and gender and demographically biased, and to occur significantly earlier for men than for women. Geography, education, sexual orientation, age, relationship status, living arrangements, and Internet connection speed were related to dropout for men, while only relationship status and living arrangements, which were in the opposite direction from men, were related to dropout in women.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224490209552205
DO - 10.1080/00224490209552205
M3 - Article
C2 - 14735413
AN - SCOPUS:0347511762
SN - 0022-4499
VL - 40
SP - 396
EP - 402
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
IS - 4
ER -