title: Performance of audio-assisted confidential voting interview for assessment of sexual behavior among young adults in Chandigarh Union Territory.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, PGIMER School of Public Health, Chandigarh, India.
authors: Satya Ranjan
authors: SR
authors: Lenka
authors: Jarnail Singh
authors: JS
authors: Thakur
authors: Prabhat
authors: P
authors: Jha
authors: Rajesh
authors: R
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013637:Tape Recording; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D055815:Young Adult