Indiana University Launches Smartphone App To Self-Report Your Sexual Behavior
Via press release:
Indiana University has released Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project allows citizen observers around the world to use free applications now available for Apple and Android mobile platforms to not only report on sexual behavior and experiences, but also to share, explore and visualize the accumulated data.
Users simply download the free app and begin contributing observed information on topics such as sexual activity, public displays of affection, flirting,unwanted experiences and birth control use. Even though no information identifying users submitting reports is collected or stored, the time and general location of the report is collected and input into the database.Users also have the option of selecting their own geographic preference for the report by choosing city/town, state/region or country.
Surveys will change over time, and users can view aggregated reports by geographic region via interactive maps, timelines or charts. All of these reporting venues can be manipulated with filters that remove or add data based on specific survey topics and questions selected by the user.
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