| Title |
Use of Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) Generates a Very Diverse Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0027447 |
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| Authors |
Alex Carballo-Diéguez, Ivan Balan, Rubén Marone, María A. Pando, Curtis Dolezal, Victoria Barreda, Cheng-Shiun Leu, María Mercedes Ávila |
| Abstract |
Prior research focusing on men who have sex with men (MSM) conducted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, used convenience samples that included mainly gay identified men. To increase MSM sample representativeness, we used Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) for the first time in Argentina. Using RDS, under certain specified conditions, the observed estimates for the percentage of the population with a specific trait are asymptotically unbiased. We describe, the diversity of the recruited sample, from the point of view of sexual orientation, and contrast the different subgroups in terms of their HIV sexual risk behavior. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 85 | 93% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 19% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
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| Social Sciences | 18 | 20% |
| Psychology | 14 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 21% |