Secretive Females or Swaggering Males? An Assessment of the Quality of Sexual Partnership Reporting in Rural Tanzania

摘要: In population-based surveys on sexual behaviour, men consistently report higher numbers of partners than women, which may be associated with male exaggeration or female under-reporting issues related to sampling, such as exclusion sex workers. This paper presents an analysis data collected in the context a longitudinal study rural Tanzania, where partnership module was applied all participating and women population. Since design included reproductive ages did not involve these provide unique opportunity compare consistency aggregate measures behaviour between living same villages. The shows that non-marital partnerships were common amongst single people both sexes--around 70% unmarried at least one partner last year. However, 40% married also having partners, but only 3% so. Single reported about half many multiple year men. Under-reporting much more among Furthermore, likely longer duration urban educated others. If woman reports biological indicate she is high risk contracting HIV. For men, however, there weak association number HIV, it cannot excluded especially exaggerate partners.