Factors Related to Condom Use among Young People in Kenya

Abstract

Survey questionnaires were provided to a convenience sample of 197 students in four educational settings. When regressing the knowledge score on the independent variables, it was found that the knowledge score increased with years of education, the practice of Islam, getting HIV/AIDS information from a radio, worrying about contracting HIV/AIDS, and receiving AIDS education or family life education in school. The knowledge score was negatively related with age. When regressing condom use on the independent variables, including the knowledge score, the likelihood that a respondent would use a condom significantly increased when the respondent was willing to use a condom, when a sexual partner requested it, when the respondent knew where to purchase condoms, and when the respondent had received education in school on family planning and AIDS education. The likelihood of using condoms was negatively related with age and the statement “real men do not wear condoms.”