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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Health Med. 2012 Jun 8;18(1):98–106. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2012.687826

Table 3.

Consistent condom use (CCU) by topic of communication with regular partners

Topics of the communication with regular partners

Condom use HIV/STD Sexual History

Yes No Chi-
Square
Yes No Chi-
Square
Yes No Chi-
Square
Life time CCU
Regular male partners 97(47.5%) 12(12%) 36.87*** 97(48%) 13(12.4%) 38.17*** 91(48.9%) 19(15.7%) 35.19***
Casual partners 162(79.4%) 70(70%) 3.29 154(76.2%) 81(77.1%) .032 147(79%) 88(72.7%) 1.62
Oral sex 51(25%) 21(21%) .59 49(24.3%) 23(21.9%) .21 48(25.8%) 24(19.8%) 1.46
Anal sex 151(74%) 73(73%) .04 146(72.3%) 81(77.1%) .85 137(73.7%) 90(74.4%) .02
CCU in recent 3 episodes
Regular partner 138(67.6%) 19(19%) 63.59*** 138(68.3%) 20(19%) 67.14*** 132(71%) 26(21.5%) 71.86***
Casual partner 177(86.8%) 81(81%) 1.74 171(84.7%) 90(85.7%) .06 162(87.1%) 99(81.8%) 1.60
Anal sex 183(89.7%) 82(82%) 3.56 178(88.1%) 90(85.7%) .36 168(90.3%) 100(82.6%) 3.90*
*

p<.05,

**

P<.01,

***

p<.001