Factors Influencing Condom Use among Male Vocational Students

Abstract

Objective to study the factors influencing condom use among male vocational students.

Subjects One thousand and thirty-eight male vocational students were included between February 1-28, 1996.

Main outcome measures Factors influencing condom use.

Results Most of the male vocational students had routine sexual partners mainly with their student girlfriends, not prostitutes, and also had more than one sexual partner. However, most of them had ever had sexual experiences with prostitutes. With routine sexual partners, only 14.8% always used condoms but with prostitutes 89.5% always used condoms. Four significant factors influencing condom use are support from partners, occupation of partners, perception of susceptibility to sexually transmitted diseases and the cost of condoms. The first three factors had positive significant influences and the last one had negative influence.

Conclusion In order to increase condom use, sex education and counselling should emphasize particularly on safe sex in terms of STD and AIDS prevention and also unwanted pregnancy.