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Table 2 Reasons influencing use of female condom (FC)

From: Perceived confidence to use female condoms among students in Tertiary Institutions of a Metropolitan City, Southwestern, Nigeria

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Strongly agree

Agree

Indifferent

Disagree

Strongly disagree

1. If given the female condom, I will be bold/confidence enough to use it before intercourse

57 (14.7%)

116 (29.9%)

77 (19.8%)

92 (23.7%)

46 (11.9%)

2. I don’t think I can persuade my partner to accept the use of the female condom because he may feel I think he has an STI/HIV

53 (13.7%)

83 (21.4%)

83 (21.4%)

105 (27.1%)

64 (16.5%)

3. I wouldn’t feel comfortable using female condom because my partner may think It’s because I suspect him of infidelity

63 (16.2%)

91 (23.5%)

72 (18.6%)

118 (30.4%)

44 (11.3%)

4. I wouldn’t feel comfortable using female condom because of fear that my partner may get furious or lose his temper

42 (10.8%)

106 (27.3%)

75 (19.3%)

109 (28.1%)

56 (14.4%)

5. I can stop to insert a female condom during the act

51 (13.1%)

71 (18.3%)

94 (24.2%)

116 (29.9%)

56 (14.4%)

6. I can suggest and initiate use of female condom to an unwilling partner

67 (17.3%)

108 (27.8%)

80 (20.6%)

70 (18.0%)

63 (16.2%)