Indian Journal of Public Health (Jan 2011)

Performance of audio-assisted confidential voting interview for assessment of sexual behavior among young adults in Chandigarh Union Territory

  • Satya Ranjan Lenka,
  • Jarnail Singh Thakur,
  • Prabhat Jha,
  • Rajesh Kumar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-557X.82542
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 1
pp. 30 – 33

Abstract

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A cross-sectional study was conducted in Chandigarh Union Territory to evaluate the performance of an audio-assisted confidential voting interview (AVI), for assessing the sexual behavior among young adults aged 20 - 34 years. Using systematic random sampling 625 males and 630 females were interviewed alternately, either by AVI or by face-to-face interview (FFI). More men revealed having sex with men in AVI (2.6%) than FFI (0.6%) (P 0.06). Women reported having sex with non-regular partners more often in AVI (4.8%) compared to FFI (0.3%) (P < 0.001). AVI performed better than FFI for eliciting sensitive sexual behaviors.

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