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Methods: Data are from the 2004 administration of the GSS. The sample consisted of females, aged 18 years and older (N = 1532). The primary analytic method utilized was logistic regression.
Results: Only 18.4% of women reported the use of a condom during her last sexual encounter. The majority of the women in the sample were white (78.4%), married (51.0%), had some post-secondary education (59.1%), and reported a family income greater than $25,000 annually (67.1%). Multiple variables were significantly associated with condom usage, including age, race, marital status, educational level, income, and socioeconomic class.
Conclusions: HIV interventions for women need to address the social, cultural, economic, and relational context in which safer sex decisions are made.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the core constructs of the Theory of Gender & Power
Identify statistically significant constructs within the General Social Survey Series for condom usage
Keywords: Women and HIV/AIDS, Theory
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I conducted the data analysis and wrote up the findings.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
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