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

• Main Authors: Satya Ranjan Lenka, Jarnail Singh Thakur, Prabhat Jha, Rajesh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: Interview; Men having sex with men; Non-regular sex partner; Prevalence; Sexual behavior
• Online Access: http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2011;volume=55;issue=1;spage=30;epage=33;aulast=Lenka

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.