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. 2009 Nov 23;9:429. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-429

Table 2.

Percentage of women* and men§ in each survey mode who answered the sexual behavior questions

Women Men
Sexual behavior items CATI FTFI CATI FTFI
% % % %
Number of sexual partners over life time 91.0a 83.3a 85.0 80.7
Number of sexual partners over past 12 months 95.2b 84.3b 90.2f 85.6f
Number of current regular sexual partners 94.6c 76.9c 91.1g 74.9g
Contraception used during first-time sex 95.6d 81.6d 92.6h 83.2h
Age at first sex 89.8e 70.2e 85.6i 70.9i

*N = 2145. §N = 930. CATI = computer assisted telephone interview. FTFI = face to face interview. Proportions that share the same superscript differ at p < .05 using chi-square tests