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The Context of HIV Risk Among Drug Users and Their Sexual Partners

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TABLE 8. Percent <strong>of</strong> subjects reporting behaviors in response to long<br />

versus short questions <strong>and</strong> to questions asked early versus<br />

late in the interview (N = 508)<br />

Long versus short questions<br />

Borrowed dirty syringe, past 6 months<br />

Borrowed dirty syringe, past 30 days<br />

Used condoms, ever<br />

Used condoms some, past 30 days<br />

Used condoms 100 percent, past 30 days<br />

Anal intercourse, ever<br />

Anal intercourse, past 6 months<br />

Early versus late questions<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> subjects<br />

reporting behavior<br />

Long Short<br />

question question<br />

47.8 46.9<br />

43.3* 32.8*<br />

86.6 85.6<br />

38.4 36.5<br />

21.5 16.9<br />

66.4* 57.8*<br />

13.6 14.0<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> subjects<br />

reporting behavior<br />

Early Late<br />

question question<br />

Borrowed dirty syringe, past 6 months 48.2 46.5<br />

Borrowed dirty syringe, past 30 days 39.0 37.0<br />

Used condoms, ever 84.3 87.8<br />

Used condoms some, past 30 days 31.5* 43.1*<br />

Used condoms 100 percent, past 30 days 16.9 21.3<br />

Anal intercourse, ever 60.2 63.8<br />

Anal intercourse, past 6 months 11.2 16.3<br />

*Differences significant at p < 0.05.<br />

statistically significant. Female respondents were less likely to report<br />

condom use to male interviewers, perhaps reflecting an association <strong>of</strong><br />

condoms with easy virtue; male respondents were more likely to report<br />

vaginal, oral, <strong>and</strong> anal sex to male interviewers, suggesting what a<br />

colleague has called a braggadocio effect, men exaggerating their sexual<br />

prowess to other males. It is possible that research with larger samples<br />

might find these relationships to be statistically significant.<br />

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