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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Med. 2020 Jul 20;17(9):1629–1642. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.06.007

Table 2.

Behavior over follow-up visits: percentage of visits in which various sexual practices since last visit were reported

Behavior reported since last visit Number of visits over follow-up % (95% CI)
At all visits 23,651
 AI 6.6% (6.3—6.9%)
 VI 69.1% (68.5—69.8%)
 Any male sex partner 70.4% (69.9—71.0%)
 Any female sex partner 8.3% (8.0—8.8%)
 Multiple male sex partners (2+) 17.3% (16.8—17.8%)
 Exchange sex 3.7% (3.5—4.0%)
At visits with male sex partner(s) reported 16,659
 AI 9.5% (9.0—9.9%)
 VI 98.8% (98.5—98.9%)
At visits with AI practice reported 1,495
 Consistent condom use during AI 25.8% (23.5—28.0%)
At visits with VI practice reported 16,101
 Consistent condom use during VI 24.1% (23.4—24.4%)
At visits with multiple male sex partners reported (2+) 4,090
 AI 17.3% (16.1—18.5%)
 VI 98.5% (98.1—98.9%)
At visits with AI practice and multiple male partners (2+) reported 641
 Consistent condom use during AI 36.0% (32.3—39.8%)
At visits with VI practice and multiple male partners (2+) reported 3,931
 Consistent condom use during VI 26.2% (24.8—27.6%)

The recall period for all sexual behaviors was “since last visit.” Most visits (93.1%) were approximately 6 months prior, 5.0% were approximately 12 months prior, and 1.9% longer than 12 months prior. Consistent condom use refers to reporting “always” using condoms during AI or VI, since last visit. VI was reported at all visits when AI was reported.

AI = anal intercourse; VI = vaginal intercourse; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval (calculated using the Clopper-Pearson confidence interval for a binomial proportion).