The impact of touch-tone data entry on reports of HIV and STD risk behaviors in telephone interviews

Respondents' concerns about privacy can decrease reporting of HIV and STD risk behaviors in general population telephone surveys. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of an experimental study evaluating whether one method for increasing privacy, touch-tone data entry (TTDE), is...

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Published in:The Journal of sex research 2003-05, Vol.40 (2), p.121-128
Main Authors: Blumberg, Stephen J., Cynamon, Marcie L., Osborn, Larry, Olson, Lorayn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adolescent
Adult
Anonymity
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Condoms
Confidentiality
Data Collection - methods
Data entry
Health risk assessment
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Men
Middle Aged
New Jersey
New Jersey - epidemiology
Polls & surveys
Privacy
Reporting
Response rates
Risk behaviour
Risk Factors
Sexual behavior
Sexual partners
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
STD
Telephone
Telephone surveys
Telephones
Touch tone telephones
USA
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Summary:Respondents' concerns about privacy can decrease reporting of HIV and STD risk behaviors in general population telephone surveys. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of an experimental study evaluating whether one method for increasing privacy, touch-tone data entry (TTDE), is effective in increasing estimates of sexual behaviors from a population-based survey. We conducted a random-digit-dial telephone survey of adults in New Jersey (n = 405), with half the respondents using TTDE for answering sexual behavior questions. TTDE led to increased reports of same-sex sexual behavior, certain HIV and STD risk factors, and concern about one's risk for HIV and STD transmission. TTDE also narrowed the difference between men's and women's reports of the number of different sexual partners over the past 10 years. The feasibility and limitations of TTDE are discussed, along with possible alternative interpretations that consider the impact of TTDE on the dynamics of the interaction between the respondent and the interviewer.
ISSN:0022-4499
1559-8519
DOI:10.1080/00224490309552173