eli@spdcc.com (Steve Elias) (06/14/89)
abstract of article on page 1186 of 9 June Science magazine:
respondents in the 1988 general social survey (GSS) were asked to scan
their acquaintance networks to identify all those who had been a victim
of homicide or had AIDS. estimates of the sex, race, age, and
regional breakdowns for homicides in the last year and for people with
AIDS were compared with official statistics. the GSS estimates for the
distribution of homicide victims replicate the official statistics quite
well. the GSS estimates for AIDS cases suggest that the data provided to
the CDC may underestimate by a substantial margin the prevalence of AIDS
in the white population of higher socioeconomic status, overstate the
relative prevalence of the disease in the minority populations,
underestimate the prevalence of the disease in the Midwest, and overstate
it for the East.
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