Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

FHI 2000 HIV/AIDS/STD BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (BSS) FOR FSWs
Section 1: Background characteristics
No. Questions and filters Coding categories Skip to
Q101 In what month and year MONTH [__|__]
were you born? DON’T KNOW MONTH 88
NO RESPONSE 99
YEAR [__|__]
DON’T KNOW YEAR 88
NO RESPONSE 99
Q102 How old were you at AGE IN COMPLETED YEARS [__|__]
your last birthday? DON’T KNOW 88
(Compare/AND CORRECT Q101 NO RESPONSE 99
if needed)
ESTIMATE BEST ANSWER
YES 1
Q103 Have you ever attended school? NO 2 → Q106
NO RESPONSE 9
(List locally appropriate categories)
Q104 What is the highest level of PRIMARY 1
school you completed: primary, SECONDARY 2
secondary or higher? HIGHER 3
CIRCLE ONE NO RESPONSE 9
Q105 How many total years of education # YEARS COMPLETED [__|__]
have you completed up to now? NO RESPONSE 99
Q106 How long have you lived here in NUMBER OF YEARS [__|__]
(NAME OF COMMUNITY/TOWN RECORD 00 IF LESS THAN 1 YEAR
NEIGHBORHOOD/VILLAGE) ? DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
Q107 Where else did you do sex work LOCALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSES
before coming to this community? Never worked in the other place before
NO RESPONSE 99
Q108 Where were you born? LOCALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSES
DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
B EHAV I OR A L S U R V EI L L A NC E SURV EY S APPEN DI X 1
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