The questions asked if the subject had ever engaged in any sexual activity with a sibling and then listed several types of activities; the top one being intercourse and the bottom one being both parties nude and showing each other their genitals.The questions asked if the subject had ever engaged in any sexual activity with a sibling and then listed several types of activities; the top one being intercourse and the bottom one being both parties nude and showing each other their genitals. We also asked the number of times or the frequency of such activity and the ages of the participants over the period it took place; other information included the ages and sex of siblings. For my research project I eliminated all encounters that took place when both parties were over 17 or under 10." The light changed to green and Don turned right onto A1A. "So what were the results of your research," Colleen asked inquisitively? "You're really interested," questioned Don? "Yes!" "Well at first the percentage was fairly low, less that 6% and I had already eliminated all surveys in which there was no sibling of the opposite sex, but when I eliminated subjects whose siblings were all more than four years younger or older the percentage jumped to 17%. The problem was that it stayed pretty much at 17% regardless of whether the cut was 4 years or 1 year. That didn't seem to make any sense, and I also expected the number to be a lot higher. "How many subjects are we talking about here Don?" "Over 3000, the research took place over five semesters, I wanted all incoming freshmen to have to fill out the survey form but the department didn't think they could require that, they were afraid the administration would be concerned about invasion of privacy; so all the participants had to be volunteers. |