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JSM 2002 Abstract #300645
Activity Number: 314
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #300645
Title: Survey Estimates of Drug Use Based On Reports of Friends
Author(s): Monroe Sirken*+
Affiliation(s): National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland, 20782, USA
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Abstract:

Using friends as respondents instead of self respondents in population sample surveys on drug use has potential advantages in improving precision of drug use estimates by making the same drug user enumerable at multiple selection units of their friends, rather than at the single selection unit of the user, and improving the likelihood of truthful response by providing anonymity to drug users. On the other hand, compared to self reports, using friends' reports has potential disadvantages, either in increasing respondent burden by lenghtening the questionnaire or in providing information inadequate for unbiased estimation of drug use prevalence. We describe long and short versions of the drug-use questions when friends are respondents, and assess their respective advantages and disadvantages compared to self reports of drug use.

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