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. 2014 Jul 23;14:745. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-745

Table 3.

Motives for men and women to consistently use condoms in sexual relations with casual partners

Total Females Males P value a
Avoidance of pregnancy 0.954
Highly determining 141 (84.9) 49 (84.5) 92 (85.2)
Fairly determining 15 (9) 6 (10.3) 9 (8.3)
Slightly determining 4 (2.4) 2 (3.4) 2 (1.9)
Not determining 6 (3.6) 1 (1.7) 5 (4.6)
Prevention of STIs 0.565
Highly determining 145 (87.3) 51 (89.5) 94 (86.2)
Fairly determining 15 (9) 4 (7) 11 (10.1)
Slightly determining 3 (1.8) 1 (1.8) 2 (1.8)
Not determining 3 (1.8) 1 (1.8) 2 (1.8)
My demand of a condom 0.002
Highly determining 83 (50.6) 37 (64.9) 46 (43)
Fairly determining 37 (22.6) 13 (22.8) 24 (22.4)
Slightly determining 16 (9.8) 3 (5.3) 13 (12.1)
Not determining 28 ( 17.1) 4 (7.0) 24 (22.4)
Partner demand of a condom 0.107
Highly determining 38 (23.3) 11 (19.3) 27 (25.5)
Fairly determining 51 (31.3) 14 (24.6) 37 (34.9)
Slightly determining 37 (22.7) 17 (29.8) 20 (18.9)
Not determining 37 (22.7) 15 (26.3) 22 (20.8)

a:using the Mann-Whitney U Test.