Table 3

Quantiles of the duration distribution of the Seattle Sex Partner Survey data by various methods (see text)

0.10.25 (lower quartile)0.5 (median)0.75 (upper quartile)0.9
Current duration*0 days†11.5 days2.1 months10.9 months31.4 months
Total duration
Unadjusted*All7.0 days33.5 days9.0 months49.5 months103 months
Truncation adjustedAll (95% CI)‡3.0 days (1.5 to 5.0)12.0 days (10.5 to 14.0)1.6 months (1.4 to 2.0)6.8 months (5.7 to 7.9)16.8 months (14.2 to 20.9)
Adolescent health facility clinic (95% CI)‡5.0 days (3.5 to 10.5)19.0 days (13.0 to 53.5)5.3 months (3.1 to 7.3)19.1 months (12.3 to 24.4)28.5 months (24.3 to 50.4)
STD clinic (95% CI)‡2.0 days (1.0 to 4.5)11.0 days (9.5 to 12.5)1.3 months (1.1 to 1.6)4.9 months (3.8 to 6.3)11.9 months (10.0 to 14.9)
  • * No adjustment for left truncation.

  • Single encounter.

  • CIs are based on the 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles the bootstrap distribution based on 2000 bootstrap samples.