Motivating Factors and Psychosocial Barriers to Condom Use among out-of-School Youths in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Survey Using the Health Belief Model

Table 2

Psychosocial barriers to condom use among condom users and noncondom users in the past 3 months (𝑛=296).

	Sex without condom past 3 months		OR [95% CI]; 𝑃 value
	Yes (𝑛=260)	No (𝑛=36)
My religion prohibits condom use
Yes	172 (66.2)	10 (27.8)	1
No	88 (33.8)	26 (72.2)	5.08 (2.22–11.86), 𝑃<0.001
I do not like condoms
Yes	164 (63.1)	28 (77.8)	1
No	96 (36.9)	8 (22.2)	0.49 (0.20–1.18), 𝑃=0.08
Condoms reduce sexual pleasure
Yes	231 (88.8)	6 (16.7)	1
No	21 (11.2)	30 (83.3)	15.00 (5.58–41.87), 𝑃<0.001
Condoms offer no protection
Yes	188 (73.8)	9 (25.0)	1
No	72 (26.2)	27 (75.0)	7.83 (3.32–18.95), 𝑃<0.001
I feel shy to buy condoms
Yes	229 (88.1)	6 (16.7)	1
No	31 (11.9)	30 (83.3)	25.78 (13.27–36.94), 𝑃<0.001