Table 4.

Sustained Female Condom Users and Ever Users at 10-Month Survey (n=243)

	Total ever used FC at 10 monthsa		Sustained FC use at 10 monthsb
10-month measures	Yes	No	Yes	No
Total percent (n)	79.6 (195)	20.4 (48)	40.8 (58)	59.1 (84)
Ethnic group
Black/African American	56.9	70.8	51.7	53.6
Puerto Rican/other Latino	30.8	22.9	31.0	33.3
White/other groups	12.3	6.2	17.2	13.1
High school graduate	56.9c	33.3	55.2	59.5
Marital status
Single	60.5	66.7	58.6	52.4
Married/living together	23.1	25.0	25.9	29.8
Divorced/widowed	15.4	8.3	15.5	16.7
Homeless	16.4	25.0	12.1	11.9
Substance use last 30 days
Alcohol use until drunk	32.8	37.5	25.9	38.1
Injection drug use	6.2	0	3.4	6.0
Crack use	27.2	37.5	20.7	29.8
Past STI	60.3	60.4	63.8	60.7
HIV-positive (self-report)	14.9	11.6	23.2	16.5
Any physical/sexual abuse	52.8	37.5	56.9	50.0
Childhood abuse	44.8	35.4	50.0	43.4
Adulthood abuse	51.5c	33.3	56.9	47.0
Multiple sex partners last 30 days	6.3	7.1	2.0	6.8
Sex partner types last 30 days
Primary male partner	92.6	88.9	94.8c	94.0
Casual male partner(s)	10.3	14.6	8.6	7.1
Paying male partners	4.6	8.3	1.7	4.5
Used MC last 30 days	49.7c	33.3	70.7c	40.5
Any unprotected sex last 30 days	50.8	54.2c	34.5	53.6c
Network exposure to FC information	70.8	64.6	81.0c	63.1
Cognitive factors
FC knowledge, score (SD), range 0–1	0.87c (0.15)	0.81 (0.18)	0.91c (0.13)	0.85 (0.15)
FC attitudes, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.83c (0.29)	2.61 (0.26)	2.96c (0.28)	2.77 (0.29)
FC efficacy, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.24c (0.65)	1.86 (0.88)	2.37 (0.59)	2.16 (0.69)
Relationship power, mean (SD), range 1–4	2.95 (0.37)	2.84 (0.42)	3.01 (0.36)	2.97 (0.38)

^aComparison of ever/never users includes the total 10-month survey sample (n=243).

^bComparison of sustained/nonsustained users includes only participants who reported ever having used FC at either baseline or 1 month (n=142).

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