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Does Audio‐CASI Improve Reports of Risky Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Field Trial Among Young Urban Men in India
Author(s) -
Potdar Rukmini,
Koenig Michael A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2005.00048.x
Subject(s) - interview , psychology , face to face , slum , young adult , population , demography , gerontology , medicine , developmental psychology , sociology , philosophy , epistemology , anthropology
This study compares the effectiveness of audio computer‐assisted self‐interviewing (Audio‐CASI) with face‐to‐face interviews and self‐administered questionnaires in collecting sensitive information on risky sexual and other behaviors among young men in urban India. A randomized study design compared data collected from 900 male college students using the three data‐collection approaches and from 600 young men residing in slums using Audio‐CASI and face‐to‐face interviews. Among the college students, the reported prevalence of risky behaviors was generally higher for young men interviewed through the Audio‐CASI approach than with face‐to‐face interviews; self‐administered questionnaires failed to yield significantly higher estimates than face‐to‐face interviews. Among the slum residents, the results were more mixed; the Audio‐CASI approach failed to yield consistently higher responses for many risky behaviors compared with the face‐to‐face interview mode. The results demonstrate that although Audio‐CASI appears to yield higher estimates of risky behavior among college‐educated, computer‐literate populations of young men, the efficacy of this approach among less‐educated and less computer‐literate populations appears more doubtful.