“Misperception” by patients of their partners’ risk behaviours
| Underestimated partner’s risk | Overestimated partner’s risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Number perceived “no” | Number (%) partner stated “yes” | Number perceived “yes” | Number (%) partner stated “no” |
| Injection drug user | 168 | 6 (4) | 18 | 7 (39) |
| History of sex with sex worker (male partner) | 93 | 5 (5) | 26 | 20 (77) |
| History of sex work (female partner) | 61 | 9 (15) | 2 | 0 (0) |
| Partner had other partners in past 3 months | 118 | 42 (36) | 58 | 19 (33) |
| Bisexual male | 75 | 0 (0) | 4 | 3 (75) |