Question wording
| Variable | Internet sample | Natsal sample | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI, anal intercourse; STI, sexually transmitted infection; UAI, unprotected anal intercourse. | |||
| The questions listed are necessarily abridged because of space restrictions. A copy of the online survey may be obtained from ARE. A copy of the Natsal 2000 questionnaire may be obtained from the UK Economic and Social Research Council Question Bank at http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/surveys/nssal/nssal00.htm. | |||
| Age | How old are you? | In which month and year were you born? | |
| Employment status | Which of the following best applies to you or your work in the last week? | Which of these descriptions applies to what you were doing last week? | |
| Ethnic group | Which of the following ethnic groups best describes you? | To which of the ethnic groups on this card do you consider you belong? | |
| Higher education | Could you tell us what your highest educational qualification is? | Have you passed any exams or got any of the qualifications on this card? | |
| Social class | Coded on the basis of a similar series of questions in both surveys, according to the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification. Students were not asked these questions in the web survey and are therefore excluded from social class coding in both surveys. | ||
| Residence | Where do you currently live? | Coded on the basis of postcode sector. | |
| Urban area | Which best describes the area you live in? | Coded by the interviewer. | |
| Country of birth | Were you born in the UK? What country were you born in? | Were you born in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland/Eire or another country? | |
| Self-reported health | In general, how would you rate your health in the past 3 months? | How is your health in general? | |
| Alcohol consumption | In the past 12 months, please indicate how often (on average) you have used alcohol. | How often have you had an alcoholic drink drink of any kind during the last 12 months? | |
| Drug injecting | Have you injected drugs (other than anabolic steroids) in the past 12 months? | When was the last time you injected yourself with non-prescribed drugs or other substances? | |
| First sex with male | How old were you the first time you had sex of any kind with another male? | Have you ever had ANY kind of sexual experience or sexual contact with a male? How old were you the first time that happened? | |
| Ever had an HIV test | Have you ever had an HIV test? | Apart from any occasion when you were donating blood, have you ever had a blood test that involved testing for HIV? | |
| Had STI | Have you had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the last year? | Have you ever been told by a doctor that you had any of the following? When were you told by a doctor that you had ‘x’? | |
| AI | In the past 3 months have you had anal sex with a condom? In the past 3 months have you had anal sex without a condom? | When, if ever, was the last occasion you had anal sex with a man? | |
| UAI | In the past 3 months have you had anal sex without a condom? | In the last year, when you’ve had anal sex, how often have you, or your partner, used a condom? | |