Anthony M. A. Smith|Chris Rissel|Juliet Richters|Andrew E. Grulich|Richard O. de Visser
Sex in Australia: The rationale and methods of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships
La Trobe University|Sydney South West Area Health Service|University of Sydney|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs|La Trobe University
describe methods process australian study health relationships computerassisted telephone interview developed applied stratified sample australian population initially weighting reflect study design sample weighted reflect location age sex distribution 2001 census interviews completed 10173 men 9134 women aged 1659 years states territories overall response rate 731 694 among men 776 among women accounting survey design weighting 2001 census sample appears broadly representative australian population combination methods design australian study health relationships coupled high response rate strongly suggests results study robust broadly representative australian population