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The survey was laun ched on Monday 27 May 2019 at

11.00 Central European T ime (CET) and it was commu -

nicated to the public by th e promotional channels from

28May. The survey was conclude d on Monday 22July

at 19.04 CET.

In this chapter, the presentation of t he sample size

achieved is based on the n umber of submit ted ques-

tionnaires, before data cleaning (for more informa-

tion on the data-clea ning process, see Chapter 8, Data

processing). Figure 36 shows the da ily number of sub-

missions over the perio d the survey was open. Anum-

ber of f‌luctuatio ns can be observed. The f‌irst p eak was

observed acouple of days af ter the starting date, with

promotional campaigns run by LGBTI organisations con-

tributing the mo st. The sharpest peaks, however, were

noticed at the end of the thi rd and at the beginni ng of

the seventh week of the sur vey, when Grindr(19) distrib-

uted direct messa ges about the survey to its user s; the

peaks are mainly at tributed to gay and bisexual men.

(19) Grindr is asocial net working applica tion accessible throu gh:

https://www.grindr.com.

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Figure 36. Daily submissions by target group

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