Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

Part B: How to use the Long Distance Driver Questionnaire
Note : This questionnaire is based on the BSS questionnaire for adult men and women age 15-49.
The interviewer’s task is to use the survey questionnaire to collect information that is as accurate
as possible. The instructions and examples below will acquaint you with the procedures for correctly
using this questionnaire. It is important to remember that in this part of the guidelines items
from the questionnaire are presented as examples of types of questions found in the
questionnaire. Part C of the guidelines provides clarification of the content of the
individual questions.
This questionnaire is divided into four columns.The first column contains the question number
with each section numbered separately within each section. The second column contains the
questions, the third column contains the response categories, and the fourth column contains skip
instructions, if necessary. Sometimes in the question column, you will see additional instructions
to help you to correctly pose the questions.
Certain questions must be worded differently according to a response already given by the
respondent or according to the sex of the respondent. Variable formulations of the question are
always presented in parentheses. In the example below, the wording of the question depends
on the sex of the respondent:
Q 403 The last time you had sex with a regular YES 1
partner, did you [or your partner] NO 2 → Q405
use a condom? DON’T REMEMBER 3 → Q406
NO RESPONSE 4 → Q406
The question column may also contain interviewer instructions or filters. All interviewer instructions
throughout the questionnaire are not read to the respondent. For example:
Q103 How old were you at your last birthday? AGE IN COMPLETED YEARS
[__|__]
DON’T KNOW 88
(COMPARE AND CORRECT Q102 NO RESPONSE 99
IF NEEDED)
ESTIMATE BEST ANSWER
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