Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

FHI 2000 HIV/AIDS/STD BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (BSS) FOR MSM
Section 3: Sexual history: numbers and types of partners (continued)
No. Questions and filters Coding categories Skip to
Q306
Now please think about how many
different men you have had anal sex
with, that is, both the number where
you have been the insertive partner
and the number where you have
been the receptive partner in the
past six months. (THIS WILL NEED TO
BE ADAPTED FOR LOCAL SETTINGS.)
READ OUT :
Please take time to think about
your answer to this question so
that we can get the most accurate
information possible. Remember
this information is strictly
confidential.
How many men have you had anal NUMBER WHERE INSERTIVE [__|__]
sex with in the past six months where DON’T KNOW 88
you were the insertive partner? NO RESPONSE 99
And how many where you were NUMBER WHERE RECEPTIVE [__|__]
the receptive partner? DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
IF NONE
→ Q601
Q307
Of all these partners, how many were:
- “Commercial” (partners with whom COMMERCIAL [__|__]
you had sex in exchange for money?) DON’T KNOW 88
NO RESPONSE 99
- Other Partners OTHER [__|__]
DON’T KNOW 88
NOTE : CHECK TOTAL NUMBERS OF NO RESPONSE 99
PARTNERS IN Q306 TO MAKE SURE
THE NUMBERS MATCH.
Q308 During the past year, did any of your YES 1
sexual partner(s) force you to have NO 2
sex with them even though you did NO RESPONSE 9
not want to have sex?
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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