Table 3.
Female Condom Initiators and Noninitiators at 1-month Survey (n=390)
| |
FC initiators at 1 month |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1-month measures | Yes | No |
| Total percent (n) of returned baseline FC never users | 72.7 (200) | 27.3 (75) |
| Ethnic group | ||
| Black/African American | 54.5 | 61.3 |
| Puerto Rican/other Latino | 31.0 | 24.0 |
| White/other groups | 14.5 | 14.7 |
| High school graduate | 48.5 | 40.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 62.5 | 74.7 |
| Married/living together | 24.0 | 16.0 |
| Divorced/widowed | 13.5 | 9.3 |
| Homeless | 22.0 | 32.0 |
| Substance use last 30 days | ||
| Alcohol use until drunk | 30.5 | 32.0 |
| Injection drug use | 8.0a | 1.3 |
| Crack use | 20.0 | 29.3 |
| Past STI | 57.3 | 59.5 |
| HIV-positive (self-report) | 12.1 | 8.6 |
| Any physical/sexual abuse | 50.0 | 48.6 |
| Childhood abuse | 38.6 | 32.9 |
| Adulthood abuse | 47.0 | 43.2 |
| Multiple sex partners last 30 days | 6.6 | 14.1 |
| Sex partner types last 30 days | ||
| Primary male partner | 94.3 | 88.5 |
| Casual male partner(s) | 10.0 | 13.3 |
| Paying male partners | 2.1 | 6.6 |
| Used MC last 30 days | 42.5 | 32.0 |
| Any unprotected sex last 30 days | 56.5 | 62.7 |
| Network exposure to FC information | 62.8 | 70.3 |
| Cognitive factors | ||
| FC knowledge, mean (SD), range 0–1 | 0.88a (0.15) | 0.79 (0.20) |
| FC attitudes, mean (SD), range 1–4 | 2.85a (0.29) | 2.70 (0.30) |
| FC efficacy, mean (SD), range 1–4 | 2.18a (0.62) | 1.96 (0.75) |
| Relationship power, mean (SD), range 1–4 | 2.94 (0.35) | 2.91 (0.32) |
Comparison of initiators/noninitiators includes only returning participants who reported never having used FC at baseline (n=275).
a
Percentage or mean was significantly higher than the comparison group (p<0.05).