This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Abstract Details
|
Activity Number:
|
529
|
|
Type:
|
Contributed
|
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
|
|
Sponsor:
|
Social Statistics Section
|
| Abstract - #309031 |
|
Title:
|
On the Distributions of the Numbers of Sexual Partners Between U.S. Men and Women
|
|
Author(s):
|
Hee-Choon Shin*+
|
|
Companies:
|
NORC
|
|
Address:
|
1155 E. 60th St., Rm. 376A, Chicago, IL, 60637,
|
|
Keywords:
|
Binomial ;
Poisson ;
Chi-Square ;
Sexual Behavior
|
|
Abstract:
|
Nowadays the name of L. von Bortkiewicz (or Bortkewitsch) is known for his data set describing the numbers of men killed by horse kicks in the Prussian Army. As is well known, the number is distributed as a Poisson distribution with mean and variance of .61. The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the distributions of numbers of current (during 12 months) sexual partners among U.S. women and Men. After considering the univariate distributions, bivariate relationships between the number and other relevant explanatory variables (demographic and social characteristics) will be examined. Finally, the number of sexual partners among U.S. women and men is expressed as a function of explanatory variables respectively. The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) will be analyzed. The NSFG gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contra
|
The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
Back to the full JSM 2010 program
|
2010 JSM Online Program Home
For information, contact jsm@amstat.org or phone (888) 231-3473.
If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.