Table 4.
Reasons for not using female condoms (FC) in past 6 months by gender (N = 1149)
| Women (N = 610)
|
Men (N = 539)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Reasons for not using FC in past 6 months | ||||
| Never heard of them** | 48 | (7.9) | 68 | (12.6) |
| Didn’t know where to get one | 45 | (7.4) | 38 | (7.1) |
| Tried to get them but they weren’t available | 21 | (3.4) | 19 | (3.5) |
| Didn’t want to ask or talk to partner about it | 27 | (4.4) | 32 | (5.9) |
| Partner said no** | 15 | (2.5) | 34 | (6.3) |
| Tried to insert it but couldn’t* | 17 | (2.8) | 5 | (0.9) |
| Too expensive to buy** | 19 | (3.1) | 4 | (0.7) |
| Had a bad experience with them* | 22 | (3.6) | 8 | (1.5) |
| No one told or showed me how to use*** | 76 | (12.5) | 33 | (6.1) |
| Heard bad things about thema | 3 | (0.5) | 4 | (0.7) |
| Don’t like female condoms*** | 106 | (17.4) | 49 | (9.1) |
| Don’t see any reason to use it | 314 | (51.5) | 297 | (55.1) |
Only participants who had not used FC in the prior 6 months responded to these questions
Significance reflects differences between men and women on each characteristic. Statistical tests reported are Pearson Chi square test except where indicated
a
p value obtained using Fisher’s exact test
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01,
***
p <0.001