Before we go on, I want to say that we realize not everyone will be familiar with all of these issues. Please try to answer each question, but if you don't know the answer to a particular question feel free to say so.
13. Do you happen to know what the main purpose of a pap smear is? Is it a test for AIDS, for
some other sexually transmitted disease, for cancer, for pregnancy, or for something else?
| * | AIDS |
| 5 | Other sexually transmitted disease |
| 81 | Cancer |
| 1 | Pregnancy |
| 7 | Other |
| 6 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
14. As far as you know, are any of the following tests automatically included in a regular
gynecological exam, that is without you requesting it? How about (insert), is this automatically included (If necessary add:) in a regular gynecological exam?
| | Yes, automatically included | No, not automatically included | DK | Ref. | |
| a. A test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? | 5 | 83 | 12 | 0 | =100 |
| b. Tests for ALL sexually transmitted diseases besides HIV? | 26 | 55 | 19 | 0 | =100 |
| c. Tests for SOME sexually transmitted diseases besides HIV? | 42 | 39 | 19 | 0 | =100 |
| d. A pap smear? | 87 | 11 | 2 | 0 | =100 |
15. Do you happen to know the best time for a woman to have a gynecological exam? Is it right
before her period starts, during her period, two weeks after her period starts, or doesn't it matter?
| 8 | Right before her period starts |
| 1 | During her period |
| 45 | Two weeks after her period starts |
| 17 | Doesn't matter |
| 29 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
16. When a woman sees a health professional for reproductive health care or to choose a method of birth control, is the number of sexual partners she has had important information for her health professional to know, or is this private information her health professional doesn't need to know?
| 68 | Important information for health professional to know |
| 22 | Private information health professional doesn't need to know |
| 4 | It depends (volunteered) |
| 6 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
17. Do you currently have any particular health concerns or problems that relate to your
reproductive health or sexuality?
18. Have you ever had any particular health concerns or problems that related to your reproductive health or sexuality?
| 27 | Currently has or has had reproductive health problems |
| 9 | Currently has reproductive health problems |
| 18 | Has had reproductive health problems |
| 72 | Never had reproductive health problems |
| 1 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
Based on those who currently have or have had reproductive health problems; n = 279
19. (Have you seen or spoken/Did you see or speak) with a doctor or other health professional about this concern or problem (when it first started to bother you)?
| 87 | Yes |
| 13 | No |
| 0 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
Based on those who have not/did not see a doctor about this problem; n = 35
20. What is the main reason you (haven't talked/ didn't talk) about this problem with a doctor or health professional (when it first started to bother you)?
| 37 | Problem was no big deal; would go away by itself |
| 24 | Just didn't get around to it; no time |
| 12 | Cost too much |
| 5 | Didn't want anyone to know about it; worried about confidentiality |
| 5 | Didn't have a regular doctor |
| 3 | Didn't want bad news |
| 2 | Too embarrassed |
| 6 | Other |
| 6 | Don't know/Refused |
| 100 | |
21. As far as you know, is there any way that information about your gynecological concerns or problems might be made available to people like your employer, your insurance company, or to members of your family, OR do you think this information is completely confidential?
| 15 | Information could be made available to others |
| 81 | Information is completely confidential |
| 4 | Don't know |
| * | Refused |
| 100 | |
Based on those who receive gynecological care; n = 976
22. Have you ever been too worried about the confidentiality or privacy of your medical
information to ask questions during a gynecological visit about a female-related problem that was bothering you?
| 6 | Yes |
| 94 | No |
| * | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
Based on those who receive gynecological care; n = 976
23. Have you ever felt too embarrassed to ask questions during a gynecological visit about
something that was on your mind?
| 18 | Yes |
| 82 | No |
| * | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
Based on those who have felt too embarrassed to ask question ; n = 164
24. Thinking about the last time this happened to you, did you eventually get the information or help you needed, or not? If yes ask: did you get it from the same health professional who you saw during that gynecological visit, or from some other source?
| 52 | Yes, got from same health professional |
| 28 | Yes, got from some other source |
| 17 | No |
| 3 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
25. Are you now covered by any health insurance that pays for all or part of your medical expenses?
26. Do you know what kind of health insurance you have? Is it traditional fee-for-service insurance, also called indemnity insurance, or do you have a managed care plan, such as an HMO or PPO?
Read if necessary: Health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, charge a monthly fee that covers nearly all health and medical care, instead of billing you for each service or visit to the doctor separately. In an HMO, you get health care only from a group of doctors who work with the organization and only use a hospital when they refer you.
Read if necessary: Preferred Provider Organizations, or PPOs, give you a list of doctors who they prefer you to use. If you use these doctors, you must pay only a small amount, but if you visit a doctor who is not on the list, you must pay all or most of what that doctor charges.
| 82 | Insured |
| 17 | Traditional fee-for-service insurance |
| 52 | Managed care |
| 29 | HMO |
| 15 | PPO |
| 8 | Managed care -- type unspecified |
| 5 | None of the above (volunteered) |
| 8 | Don't know |
| * | Refused |
| 17 | Uninsured |
| 1 | Don't know |
| 0 | Refused |
| 100 | |
27. As far as you know, does your health insurance pay any of the cost for . . .
| | Yes, insurance pays at least part of the cost | No, insurance pays none of the cost | Uninsured/ DK | Ref. | DK/Ref. | |
| a. A gynecological check-up | 69 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 | =100 |
| b. Birth control | 35 | 25 | 22 | * | 18 | =100 |
| c. An abortion | 8 | 23 | 51 | * | 18 | =100 |
28. These next few questions are about your own sexual behavior. First, have you had sexual
intercourse within the last three months?
29. Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
| 93 | Have had sexual intercourse |
| 78 | Currently sexually active |
| 15 | Not currently sexually active but have had sexual intercourse |
| 4 | Never had sexual intercourse |
| * | Don't know |
| 3 | Refused |
| 100 | |
32. Have you been sterilized, or do you have any condition that makes it impossible for you to ever get pregnant?
| 26 | Yes, have been sterilized OR can't get pregnant |
| 66 | No |
| 4 | Never had sexual intercourse |
| 4 | Don't know/Refused/Sexual history unknown |
| 100 | |
