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. 2009 Dec;99(12):2178–2180. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.152298

TABLE 2.

Awareness and Experience With NYC Condoms Among Survey Respondents: New York City Residents Aged 18 Years and Older, 2007

Question No.a % (95% CI)b or %
Seen or heard about NYC Condoms in past 12 mo 223 76.1 (71.2, 81.0)
Picked up NYC Condom (n = 221) 165 74.7 (68.9, 80.3)
Where respondent picked up NYC Condom (n = 165c)
    Community or social service agency 66 40.0
    Bar or nightclub, restaurant, or retail store 54 32.7
    DOHMH STD clinic 12 7.3
    Hospital or other health clinic 9 5.5
    Street 7 4.2
    Subway or train station 6 3.6
    Barber shop or salon 5 3.0
    Other 17 10.3
Used NYC Condom
    Among all respondents (n = 292) 117 40.1 (34.5, 45.7)
    Among respondents that had seen or heard of NYC Condoms (n = 222) 117 52.7 (46.1, 59.3)
    Among respondents that had picked up an NYC Condom (n = 165) 113 68.5 (61.4, 75.6)
Rated experience with NYC Condom,d mean (SD) 116 6.55 (2.42)
Other condoms respondent would like DOHMH to distribute
    Ultra-thin/extra-sensitive 65 22.3
    Extra-strength 53 18.2
    Larger-size 42 14.4
    Studded or ribbed 17 5.8
    Flavored 14 4.8
    Colored 10 3.4
    Other brand (e.g., Trojan, Durex) 10 3.4
    Other type 23 7.9
    No other condom chosen 58 19.9

Notes. DOHMH = Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; NYC = New York City; STD = sexually transmitted disease; CI = confidence interval.

a

Except where noted, n = 293.

b

Confidence intervals were calculated for key outcome measures only.

c

Not mutually exclusive.

d

NYC Condom ranked on scale of 1 to 10 compared with other male condoms (1 = much worse than other male condoms; 10 = much better than other male condoms). Mean (SD) rather than % was measured.