Grouped zero-inflated count data models of coital frequency

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Moffatt, Peter G. and Peters, Simon A. (2000) Grouped zero-inflated count data models of coital frequency. Journal of Population Economics, 13 (2). pp. 205-220. ISSN 0933-1433

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Abstract

Various count data models are applied to data collected from a sample of Norfolk young persons, who were asked how many times they had had sexual intercourse during the previous two-week period. The models take account of the fact that the data are "grouped", meaning that for some observations, the count is not known exactly but is known to fall in a particular range. Using a formal testing procedure, we find overwhelming evidence of the presence of excess zeros, and this we attribute to the fact that, at any time, a certain proportion of the population are sexually inactive. Our final model contains two equations, the first being the participation equation which determines whether an individual is sexually active, and the second being the frequency equation which determines the count, conditional on being active. Age, gender, salary, occupational status, marital status and type of living environment all have interesting effects on either participation or frequency. Since a significant proportion of the original sample declined to reveal coital frequency, we address the potential problem of selection bias by including a Heckman-type correction term during the model selection process.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	coital frequency,excess zeros,grouped count data,poisson regression,sample selection
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2013 14:38
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2023 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44448
DOI:	10.1007/s001480050134

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