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. 2022 Jan 7;17(1):e0260935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260935

Table 5. Condom use among bridging populations in the MENA region.

Condom Use Among Bridging Populations
Iran
Truck Drivers Last month: Out of 287 married truck drivers, 224 (78%) of them did not use condom (Maarefvand et al. 2015)
Last month: Truck drivers who reported contacts with CSWs (123
(85.4%)) used condom (Maarefvand et al. 2015).
Ever used condoms: 64.8% (Tehrani et al. 2008)
Runaways (At Risk Women) During the last year: 22% (Hajiabdolbaghi et al. 2007)
General Population During last sex: 35.1% (Housseini Hooshyar et al. 2018)
28.7% used condoms consistently (Honarvar et al. 2016)
21.8% used condoms consistently (26.1% male vs. 7.1% female) (Shokoohi et al. 2016
22.04% used condoms consistently (Mirzaee et al. 2017)
Egypt
Street
Children
During the last year: 20% used condoms consistently (Nada & El Daw 2010)
General Population 1% of female contraceptive users (15–49 years) use condoms (Abdel- Tawab et al. 2016)
Syria
Prisoners Ever used condoms: 22.8% (Kobeissi 2014)
During last sex: 10.5% (Kobeissi 2014)
Iraq
General Population 12% (Ismael et al. 2012)
Lebanon
Conscripts 51% used condoms consistently (Adib et al. 2002)
General Population Students: 36.8% (Kahhaleh et al. 2009)
University graduates: 33.7% (Kahhaleh et al. 2009)
Palestine
General Population Some young men indicated that youths do not use condoms, especially when unplanned, or because some do not know how to use it. Others indicated that youths sometimes use condoms if they go to brothels, where the use of a condom is mandatory. (Massad et al. 2014)
Morocco
General Population According to participants, all Moroccan men and boys always have a condom in their pocket. (Hendrickx et al. 2002)