Table 3.
Percent of respondents reporting risk behaviours by gender in three DHS surveys using face-to-face interviews and the ACASI administered Cape Town Sexual Behaviour Survey
| Survey | Interview mode |
Sexual behavior characteristics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
> 2 Partners in past year |
> 2 Lifetime partners |
Had a concurrent partnership |
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| Male (%) | Female (%) | PR | Male (%) | Female (%) | PR | Male (%) | Female (%) | PR | ||
|
Cape Town Sexual Behavior Survey |
ACASI |
35.8 |
10.4 |
3.4 |
71.4 |
61.6 |
1.2 |
41.5 |
15.7 |
2.6 |
|
Lesotho DHS |
FTFI |
7.4 |
0.7 |
10.6 |
63.1 |
NA* |
NA* |
17.7 |
NA* |
NA* |
|
Swaziland DHS |
FTFI |
2.0 |
0.1 |
20.0 |
67.9 |
32.8 |
2.1 |
12.3 |
0.8 |
15.4 |
| Zimbabwe DHS | FTFI | 2.2 | 0.1 | 22.0 | 60.9 | 12.5 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
PR, male–female prevalence ratio.
ACASI, Audio Computer-Assited Self-Interviewing.
FTFI, Face-to-Face Interviewing.
* The DHS did not report prevalences for these female behaviors and therefore, the PR could not be calculated.