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Table 2.

Gender Power Attitudes and Female Condom Knowledge and Attitudes in the Survey Sample of Women by Ethnic Groups: Means (SD)^a

	African/Black Americans (n = 256)	Puerto Ricans/other Latinos (n = 140)	Whites/other groups (n = 65)	Total sample (n = 461)
Partner relationship scales^b
Decision-making dominance^**	1.20 (0.41)	1.10 (0.35)	1.05 (0.42)	1.15 (0.40)
Relationship power	2.90 (0.36)	2.89 (0.48)	2.92 (0.52)	2.90 (0.42)
Female condom knowledge (score)^c^**	.80 (0.21)	0.68 (0.21)	0.73 (0.73)	0.75 (0.22)
Female condom beliefs/attitudes:^d
All scale items	2.80 (0.29)	2.80 (0.31)	2.78 (0.25)	2.80 (0.29)
Subscale: HIV/STI prevention^*	3.26 (0.42)	3.35 (0.44)	3.39 (0.45)	3.31 (0.43)
Subscale: Compared to MC	2.80 (0.52)	2.89 (0.50)	2.72 (0.53)	2.81 (0.52)
Subscale: FC insertion	2.80 (0.46)	2.76 (0.52)	2.78 (0.50)	2.78 (0.48)
Subscale: effects on sexual pleasure	2.76 (0.33)	2.77 (0.38)	2.74 (0.30)	2.76 (0.35)
Subscale: FC appearance	2.57 (0.42)	2.49 (0.46)	2.50 (0.42)	2.53 (0.43)
Item: FC puts woman in charge^**	2.89 (0.74)	2.65 (0.71)	2.82 (0.66)	2.80 (0.73)
FC self-efficacy:^e
With primary partner	2.11 (0.72) [n = 248]	2.17 (0.76) [n = 137]	2.16 (0.72) [n = 64]	2.14 (0.73) [n = 449]
With casual partner	2.37 (0.73) [n = 72]	2.17 (0.89) [n = 44]	2.44 (0.51) [n = 20]	2.31 (0.76) [n = 136]
With paying partner	2.30 (0.92) [n = 32]	1.98 (0.98) [n = 21]	2.19 (0.71) [n = 7]	2.18 (0.92) [n = 60]
Internal STI locus of control^f	3.09 (0.77)	3.15 (0.87)	3.11 (0.81)	3.11 (0.81)
Perceived HIV risk^g^*	0.45 (0.80) [n = 226]	0.74 (1.0) [n = 125]	0.61 (0.83) [n = 59]	0.56 (0.88) [n = 410]

^{^a}

p Values refer to differences by ethnicity.

^{^b}

Decision-making dominance is a 7-item scale (responses: 0 = your partner; 1 = both of you equally; 2 = you; α = 0.765). Relationship power is a 15-item scale (range 1–4, higher is more power; inverted questions were reverse coded; α = .887).^43,44

^{^c}

Percent correct of 6 items.⁴⁵

^{^d}

FC attitudes were measured using a 26-item scale (range 1 = strongly unfavorable to 4 = strongly favorable; α = 0.849); subscales include: effects on sexual pleasure [8 items, α = 0.70], FC appearance [4 items, α = 0.568], value of FC for STI/HIV prevention [3 items, α = 0.742], FC insertion [4 items, α = 0.751], and FC in comparison with MC [5 items, α = 0.814]; item 14 [FC puts women in charge]).⁴⁶

^{^e}

FC efficacy (perceived ability to use) was measured with a 6-item scale (range 0 = very unsure to 3 = very sure: with primary partner [α = 0.737], with casual partners [α = 0.852], with paying partners [α = 0.912]).

^{^f}

We report here on a single item: “It is my own behavior that determines if I will get an STI” (range 1 = strongly disagree to 4 = strongly agree).

^{^g}

Perceived risk of HIV infection was a single item (range 0 = very unlikely to 3 = very likely; HIV-positive participants were excluded).

^{^*}

p < 0.05.

^{^**}

p < 0.01.

FC, female condom; STI, sexually transmitted infection; SD, standard deviation.