Community Assessment and Health Promotion
1998 Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey, Results by Planning District, Nashville/Davidson County

Sexual Behavior
Q45. Due to what you know about HIV, have you changed your sexual behavior in the past 12 months?
Response	1	2	3	4	5	6	7a	7b	8	9	10a	10b	11	12	13	14
YES	15%	14%	10%	15%	17%	14%	6%	11%	23%	26%	10%	11%	15%	18%	19%	13%
NO	85%	86%	90%	85%	83%	86%	94%	89%	77%	74%	90%	89%	85%	82%	81%	87%
Q46. Did you decrease the number of your sexual partners or become abstinent during the last 12 months? (asked of those who acknowledged changing their sexual behavior - n=432 respondents)
Response	1	2	3	4	5	6	7a	7b	8	9	10a	10b	11	12	13	14
YES	89%	85%	86%	85%	87%	86%	88%	78%	93%	85%	88%	62%	91%	85%	84%	78%
NO	11%	15%	14%	15%	13%	14%	12%	22%	7%	15%	12%	38%	9%	15%	16%	22%
Q47. Do you now always have sexual intercourse with only the same partner? (asked of those who acknowledged changing their sexual behavior - n=435 respondents)
Response	1	2	3	4	5	6	7a	7b	8	9	10a	10b	11	12	13	14
YES	63%	73%	36%	71%	67%	52%	56%	57%	80%	68%	68%	72%	59%	66%	66%	56%
NO	10%	3%	25%	15%	11%	19%	7%	14%	3%	14%	14%	24%	18%	10%	10%	23%
ABSTINENT	26%	24%	40%	13%	22%	29%	37%	30%	17%	18%	19%	4%	23%	24%	24%	21%
Q48. Do you now always use condoms for protection? (asked of those who acknowledged changing their sexual behavior - n=437 respondents)
Response	1	2	3	4	5	6	7a	7b	8	9	10a	10b	11	12	13	14
YES	38%	39%	44%	47%	63%	51%	37%	38%	49%	56%	38%	55%	25%	52%	55%	48%
NO	42%	37%	16%	39%	15%	20%	26%	31%	34%	26%	43%	45%	53%	28%	23%	36%
ABSTINENT	20%	24%	40%	13%	22%	29%	37%	31%	17%	18%	19%		22%	20%	22%	16%