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Same-sex attraction in a birth cohort: prevalence and persistence in early adulthood

Overview of attention for article published in Social Science & Medicine, April 2003
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Title
Same-sex attraction in a birth cohort: prevalence and persistence in early adulthood
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Social Science & Medicine, April 2003
DOI 10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00161-2
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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
New Zealand 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 80 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 13%
Student > Master 11 13%
Professor > Associate Professor 11 13%
Researcher 9 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 10%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 16 19%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 22 26%
Social Sciences 19 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 21 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 October 2025.
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#20,273,028
of 32,923,773 outputs
Outputs from Social Science & Medicine
#10,939
of 13,657 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#78,036
of 85,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Social Science & Medicine
#69
of 70 outputs
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