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Table 3 List of couple verification screening (CVS) items.

From: Recruitment of heterosexual couples in public health research: a study protocol

Description

Gender specific wording

Item

Couple last had sex

F/M

When did you and your partner last have sex?

Couple last did drugs

F/M

When did you and your partner last do drugs together?

Who slept closer to the door

F/M

The last time you and your partner sleep in the same bed together, who slept closer to the door?

Female birth date

F

Please tell me your birthday.

 

M

What is your main partner's birthday?

Male birth date

F

What is your main partner's birthday?

 

M

Please tell me your birthday.

Female born what city?

F

Where were you born? (city-country)

 

M

Where was your main partner born? (city-country)

Male born what city?

F

Where was your main partner born? (city-country)

 

M

Where were you born? (city-country)

Female father's name

F

What is your father's first name?

 

M

What is your partner's father's first name?

Male father's name

F

What is your partner's father's first name?

 

M

What is your father's first name?

Female mother's name

F

What is your mother's first name?

 

M

What is your partner's mother's first name?

Male mother's name

F

What is your partner's mother's first name?

 

M

What is your mother's first name?

Female report number of male tattoos

F

How many permanent tattoos, if any, does your partner have on his body?

 

M

How many permanent tattoos, if any, do you have on your body?

Male report number of female tattoos

F

How many permanent tattoos, if any, do you have on your body?

 

M

How many permanent tattoos, if any, does your partner have on her body?

Female favorite meal

F

What is your favorite dish (meal)?

 

M

What is your partner's favorite dish (meal)?

Male favorite meal

F

What is your partner's favorite dish (meal)?

 

M

What is your favorite dish (meal)?

Female age

F

How old are you?

 

M

How old is your partner?

Male age

F

How old is your partner?

 

M

How old are you?

Female youngest sibling name

F

What is the name of your youngest brother or sister?

 

M

What is the name of your partner's youngest brother or sister?

Male youngest sibling name

F

What is the name of your partner's youngest brother or sister?

 

M

What is the name of your youngest brother or sister?

Female number of siblings

F

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

 

M

How many brothers and sisters does your partner have?

Male number of siblings

F

How many brothers and sisters does your partner have?

 

M

How many brothers and sisters do you have?