Table 5

 Participant observation informants: individual reliability of reported sex in 1998–2000 assisted self-completion questionnaires (ASCQs) and face to face questionnaires (FFQs), with validation using participant observation reports

Reported vaginal intercourse in 1998–2000 ASCQ and FFQNumber (%) of malesNumber (%) of femalesTotal (%) (n = 22)
Self-report* (n = 5)Self-report* (n = 5)Third person report (n = 12)
*Data for the one male and one female trial participants who denied sex are not included here.
Italicised figures represent results that are inconsistent and/or invalid given participant observation reports.
Consistently reported1 (20)1 (8)2 (9)
Denied earlier and reported later2 (60)3 (60)5 (42)10 (46)
Consistently denied 1 (20) 1 (20) 2 (17) 4 (18)
Inconsistently reported 1 (20) 1 (20) 4 (33) 6 (27)