To assess the impact of future cigarette prices on smoking behavior, the respondents were asked: "If the price of packs were to increase, what would you do?" The following nonmutually exclusive responses were proposed: smoke fewer cigarettes, switch to a cheaper cigarette brand, look for a cheaper source for your current cigarette brand, or try to quit.
6.5.1 Awareness of MCP: HIV Testing Behavior as Indicator of Vulnerability Respondents were asked if they had ever tested for HIV and the timing of their most recent test.
Validity of BRFSS and other self-reported data was best when respondents were asked about behaviors which were not sensitive, and questions referred to discreet events such as enrollment in health care plans, immunization or testing.
Discrepancies may be due to differences in survey methods (the TI study uses a 12 month recall period for all respondents, while the NBS survey uses a one month recall period for outpatients and 12 months for inpatients; in addition TI survey respondents were asked to report on behavior of anyone living in the household, not just their own behavior).
The degree of vigilance was high when respondents were asked about current preventive behaviors and hypothetical situations of having a few new SARS cases reported in Hong Kong.
Moreover, we compared the proportion of remittance senders in the 2000 FIU poll with another survey, where Cuban respondents were asked specifically about their own remitting behavior, and found minimal differences.8.8
Respondents were asked about four questions relating to their prescribing behaviors (File S1).
Respondents were asked about their demographics, past month's work and preventive behavior, and avian influenza related knowledge on the basis of a World Health Organization factsheet (14 ).
Such impact of social desirability bias may be especially true because respondents were asked about how they believe others feel about negative driving behaviors before they were asked how they themselves felt.
