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

Table 3.

Answers to sexual behavior questions by those who disclosed, according to gender and survey mode

Women Men
Sexual behavior questions CATI FTFI CATI FTFI
% % % %
Total number of sexual partners
 0 25.2a 16.6a 29.5 29.7
 1 62.8b 71.1b 40.0 46.8
 2 7.3 6.8 8.2 8.7
 3 1.6c 3.1c 7.7 5.0
 4 0.8 0.9 3.6 2.6
 5 1.1 0.5 3.8 2.6
 >5 1.3 1.1 7.2 4.5
From respondents reporting to be sexually active:
Number of sexual partners over past 12 months
 0 6.6 5.4 13.0 9.3
 1 92.6 92.8 79.3 85.2
 2 0.7 1.3 5.0 3.8
 3 0.0 0.5 1.7 0.3
 4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
 5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
 >5 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0
Number of current regular sexual partners
 0 1.3 1.8 7.2 5.6
 1 98.6 97.5 90.9 93.0
 2 0.0 0.3 1.5 1.4
 3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Contraception used with first sexual intercourse
 Yes 32.8 33.2 41.3 40.5
M M M M
Age at first sex 23.9 23.6 24.2 24.1

CATI = computer assisted telephone interview. FTFI = face to face interview.

Proportions that share the same superscript differ at p < .05 using chi-square tests