SURVEY TITLE: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - California - San Francisco

ACRONYM: BRFS- CA-SF

SPONSOR: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services.

SURVEY PURPOSE: The CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System has helped state and local areas survey U.S. adults to gather information about a wide range of behaviors that affect their health.  The primary focus of these Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys has been on behaviors that are linked with the leading causes of death—heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and injury—and other important health issues.  These behaviors include: 1) not getting enough physical activity, 2) being overweight, 3) not using seatbelts, 4) using tobacco and alcohol, and 5) not getting preventive medical care that can save lives, such as flu shots, mammograms, Pap smears, and colorectal cancer screening tests.

LOCATION SAMPLED: San Francisco.

YEARS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTED: 1997+

SAMPLE SIZE: 1997: 1,000; Response rate 65%

METHOD OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTION: Telephone.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION QUESTIONS:

SAN FRANCISCO 1997:
B4:  “Would you say that your sexual partners in the past 12 months were…? 1) Just men 2) Just women 3) Both men and women 9) Refused”

B17: “In the past 12 months have you had anal intercourse with a male?”

B18: “In the past 12 months have you had receptive anal sexual intercourse, where a male partner put his penis in your rectum (or butt)?”

B20: “In the past 12 months have you had insertive anal sexual intercourse, where you put your penis in a male partner’s rectum (or butt)?”

C13: “What is your sexual orientation or identity? 1) Homosexual (lesbian or gay) 2) Bisexual 3) Heterosexual (straight) 4) Other (specify) 7) Don’t know/not sure 9) Refused”

RESULTS:

• See San Francisco HIV Behavioral Risk Factor Telephone Survey, 1997