This study compared rates of HIV-related sexual risk behaviours reported in individual face-to-face (FTFI) and group anonymous polling booth (PBS) interviews in India. In PBS, respondents grouped by gender and marital status answered yes/no questions by putting tokens with question numbers in colour-coded containers. Data were subsequently collated for each group as a whole, so responses were not traceable back to individuals. Male and female PBS participants reported substantially higher rates of pre-marital, extra-marital, commercial and anal sex than FTFI participants; e.g. 11 vs. 2% married males reported paying for sex; 6 vs. 1% unmarried males reported homosexual anal sex. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Lowndes, C. M., Jayachandran, A. A., Banandur, P., Ramesh, B. M., Washington, R., Sangameshwar, B. M., … Alary, M. (2012, May). Polling booth surveys: A novel approach for reducing social desirability bias in HIV-related behavioural surveys in resource-poor settings. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0004-1
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