Table 2 Reports of awareness of other prisoners' use of safe sex kits for purposes other than sex, New South Wales Inmate Health Survey 2001*.
| Reported use | Condom kits | Dental dam kits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 280) | Women (n = 76) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Storage | ||||
| Contraband, including drugs | 80 | 28.6 | 2 | 2.6 |
| Tobacco | 78 | 27.9 | 13 | 17.1 |
| Urine for testing | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other use of plastic bags | 13 | 4.6 | 2 | 2.6 |
| Personal grooming | ||||
| Hair gel | 48 | 17.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hair bands | 3 | 1.1 | 54 | 71.1 |
| Shaving gel | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Household | ||||
| Tying items | 7 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.6 |
| Placemats or doilies | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 13.2 |
| Quilts | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Decorations | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Lubricant (non‐sexual use) | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Water bombs | 79 | 28.2 | 5 | 6.6 |
| Masturbatory aid | 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Shoelaces | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| Flavouring for milk | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
*Percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents could nominate up to three uses for safe sex kits.