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Table 1 Associations between participant characteristics and changing responses to the number of lifetime sexual partners

From: Limited benefit of repeating a sensitive question in a cross-sectional sexual health study

Ā 

No change

Increase

Decrease

p-value*

Ā 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Ā 

Total

433

(85.7%)

54

(10.7%)

18

(3.6%)

Ā 

Sex

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Male

209

(83.6%)

28

(11.2%)

13

(5.2%)

0.124

ā€ƒā€‰Female

224

(87.8%)

26

(10.2%)

5

(2.0%)

Mode

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Self-administered

345

(83.5%)

50

(12.1%)

18

(4.4%)

0.006

ā€ƒā€‰RA-administered

78

(96.3%)

3

(3.7%)

0

(0.0%)

ā€ƒā€‰Missing

11

(90.9%)

1

(9.1%)

0

(0.0%)

Ā 

HSV-2 status

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰HSV-2 negative

158

(88.8%)

14

(7.9%)

6

(3.4%)

0.073

ā€ƒā€‰HSV-2 positive

188

(81.0%)

35

(15.1%)

9

(3.9%)

ā€ƒā€‰Missing

87

(91.6%)

5

(5.3%)

3

(3.2%)

Ā 

Age (years)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰14-21

38

(77.6%)

7

(14.3%)

4

(8.2%)

0.428

ā€ƒā€‰22-29

134

(87.6%)

12

(7.8%)

7

(4.6%)

ā€ƒā€‰30-37

135

(87.1%)

18

(11.6%)

2

(1.3%)

ā€ƒā€‰38-45

74

(85.1%)

10

(11.5%)

3

(3.4%)

ā€ƒā€‰46+

40

(83.3%)

6

(12.5%)

2

(4.2%)

ā€ƒā€‰Missing

12

(92.3%)

1

(7.7%)

0

(0.0%)

Ā 
  1. * p-values computed using Fisherā€™s exact test, with missing values excluded.