Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

FHI 2000 HIV/AIDS/STD BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (BSS) FOR ADULTS
Section 3: Sexual history: numbers and types of partners
No. Questions and filters Coding categories Skip to
Q301 Have you ever had sexual intercourse? YES 1
NO 2 → Q703
[For the purposes of this survey, NO RESPONSE 9
“sexual intercourse,” is defined as
vaginal or anal sex.]
Q302
At what age did you first have sexual
intercourse?
AGE IN YEARS [__|__]
DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
Q303 Have you had sexual intercourse in YES 1
the last 12 months? NO 2 → Q702
NO RESPONSE 9
Q304
For WOMEN:
Think about the male sexual partners
you’ve had in the last 12 months.
For MEN:
Think about the female sexual partners
you’ve had in the last 12 months.
How many were:
- Your spouse(s) or live-in sexual REGULAR [__|__]
partners (“regular” partners) DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
- “Commercial” (partners with whom COMMERCIAL [__|__]
you had sex in exchange for money) DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
- Sexual partners that you are not NON-REGULAR [__|__]
married to and have never lived with DON’T KNOW 88
and did not pay (“non-regular” NO RESPONSE 99
partners) - DO NOT INCLUDE
CURRENT SPOUSE(S) OR LIVE-IN
SEXUAL PARTNERS)
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