Table 5.
Objective 2 (item nonresponse): missing or do not knowa responses for questions by mode of questionnaire completion (n=2085, unless otherwise indicated).
| Question type | Question | Overallb % | Web % | Telephone % | P valuec |
| Sensitive questions | |||||
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Tested for HIV or AIDS | 4.1 | 4.9 | 0.7 | <.001 |
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Sexual activity in lifetime | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | .212 |
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Number of sexual partners in last 12 monthsd | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | .476 |
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Casual sex partners in last 12 monthsd | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | .127 |
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Annual household income | 15.2 | 14.6 | 17.7 | .129 |
| Stigma-related questions | |||||
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Could not become friends with someone who has HIV or AIDS | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | .082 |
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Afraid of people living with HIV or AIDS | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .061 |
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People with HIV or AIDS have the right to be sexually active | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | .567 |
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Comfort with a close friend or family member dating someone with HIV or AIDS | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | .678 |
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Comfort with shopping at small grocery store owned by someone who has HIV or AIDS | 4.7 | 5.2 | 2.7 | .041 |
| Less-sensitive questions | |||||
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Illness or disease that concerns you the most | 9.8 | 11.1 | 4.3 | <.001 |
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Actively seek information about HIV or AIDS | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | .085 |
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Charitable giving in the past year | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .249 |
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Government responsibility to fund HIV or AIDS research | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .406 |
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Perceived HIV knowledge | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .983 |
aAll responses recategorized into binary variables: missing or do not know (yes) or other (no).
bOverall % based on “n” from cross tabulation.
cPearson chi-square corrected for weighted data (design-based F).
dThese questions were only asked to those who were sexually active in the past 12 months (n=1474).