Table 2.

Female Condom Users and Nonusers at Baseline (n=461)

	Ever used FC		Used FC in last 30 Daysa
Baseline measures	Yes	No	Yes	No
Total % (n)	28.6 (132)	71.4 (329)	28.0 (37)	72.0 (95)
Ethnic group
Black/African American	58.3	54.4	56.8	58.9
Puerto Rican/other Latino	31.1	30.1	37.8	28.4
White/other groups	10.6	15.5	5.4	12.6
High school graduate	59.1b	46.2	56.8	60.0
Marital status
Single	57.6	55.9	54.1	58.9
Married/living together	18.2	28.0b	13.5	20.0
Divorced/widowed	24.2b	14.9	32.4	21.1
Homeless	25.0	30.4b	18.9	27.4
Substance use last 30 days
Alcohol use until drunk	34.8	29.5	21.6	40.0b
Injection drug use	3.8	9.1b	0	5.3
Crack use	34.1	33.1	32.4	34.7
Past STI	67.4	65.3	56.8	71.6
HIV-positive (self-report)	15.6	10.1	25.7	11.8
Any physical/sexual abuse	55.0	55.2	43.2	59.6
Childhood abuse	51.9	43.0	54.1	51.1
Adulthood abuse	49.6	48.2	37.8	54.3
Multiple sex partners last 30 days	21.7b	12.5	10.8	26.1
Sex partner types last 30 days
Primary male partner	94.7	90.9	94.6	94.7
Casual male partner(s)	18.9	16.1	8.1	23.2b
Paying male partners	8.3	5.5	2.7	10.5
Used MC last 30 days	74.2b	46.2	83.8	70.5
Any unprotected sex last 30 days	46.2	70.5b	27.0	53.7b
Network exposure to FC information	82.6b	57.1	89.2	80.0
Cognitive factors:
FC knowledge, mean (SD), range 0–1	0.82b (0.18)	0.72 (0.23)	0.84 (0.18)	0.81 (0.18)
FC attitudes, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.84b (0.33)	2.78 (0.27)	3.01b (0.27)	2.77 (0.33)
FC efficacy, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.26b (0.69)	2.09 (0.74)	2.43 (0.62)	2.19 (0.71)
Relationship power, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.95 (0.39)	2.88 (0.43)	3.11b (0.43)	2.89 (0.35)

^aIncludes only participants who reported at baseline ever having used FC before entering the study (n=132).

^bPercentage or mean was significantly higher than the comparison group (p<0.05).