Table 3.
Female condom (FC) awareness and use by gender (N = 1614)
| Women (N = 851)
|
Men (N = 763)
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | |
| Ever heard of FC* | 796 | (93.5) | 693 | (90.8) | 1489 |
| Ever seen FC*** | 701 | (82.4) | 553 | (72.5) | 1254 |
| Ever used FC*** | 303 | (35.6) | 208 | (27.3) | 511 |
| Used FC in last 30 days (% of ever used)* | 57 | (18.8) | 57 | (27.4) | 114 |
| Total times ever used FC (lifetime)** | |||||
| Never | 549 | (64.5) | 555 | (72.7) | 1104 |
| Once | 96 | (11.3) | 68 | (8.9) | 164 |
| 2–4 times | 140 | (16.4) | 92 | (12.1) | 232 |
| 5–10 times | 33 | (3.9) | 29 | (3.8) | 62 |
| More than 10 times | 33 | (3.9) | 19 | (2.5) | 52 |
| Stage of FC use*** | |||||
| Never thought about using | 356 | (59.4) | 418 | (72.3) | 774 |
| Thought about/got but didn’t use | 108 | (18.0) | 53 | (9.2) | 161 |
| Tried but decided not to use again | 22 | (3.7) | 12 | (2.1) | 34 |
| Use FC occasionally | 63 | (10.5) | 66 | (11.4) | 129 |
| Use FC as regular or primary prevention | 50 | (8.4) | 29 | (5.0) | 79 |
Significance reflects differences between men and women on each characteristic. Statistical tests reported are Pearson Chi square test
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01,
***
p <0.001