Research Article

Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada

Table 1

Descriptive analysis of condom knowledge, attitude, and utilization among ACB men in Ontario.

KnowledgeAttitudeRegular condom user
Not good (22.30%)Good (77.70%)Not positive (68.23%)Positive (31.77%)No (37.57%)Yes (62.43%)

Age, years
15–195.803.415.102.051.473.98
20–2926.8129.4128.0330.1416.1836.73
30–3934.0633.1333.4433.5634.5630.97
40–4920.2918.5819.1119.1824.2617.26
50–596.529.608.288.9013.247.08
60–644.353.723.504.795.153.54
65/+2.172.172.551.375.150.44

Currently married
No46.3843.2642.7747.5920.0050.67
Yes53.6256.7457.2352.4180.0049.33

Ethnicity
Black African67.2653.5561.3448.8054.9251.31
Black Caribbean19.4723.7619.3329.6024.5924.08
Black Canadian10.6219.8617.1017.6018.0321.47
Black American1.771.060.742.401.641.05
Black Latin American0.881.771.491.600.822.09

Education
None/pre-high school0.741.870.653.452.211.33
High school19.2612.7713.8716.5512.5011.56
College/preuniversity25.1935.2030.0036.5535.2934.22
Completed university54.8150.1655.4843.4550.0052.89

Employment
No6.3610.7110.238.008.207.04
Yes93.6489.2989.7792.0091.8092.96

Local status
Canadian citizen49.2855.7351.2758.9064.7160.18
Landed immigrant/permanent resident18.1214.2416.2413.7012.5012.39
Temporary work permit (temporary foreign worker)16.6713.6216.2410.969.5614.16
Other15.9416.4116.2416.4413.2413.27

Self-reported health
Not good5.074.953.827.535.153.98
Good94.9395.0596.1892.4794.8596.02

No. of partners in last 12 months
1–384.2180.8485.5973.9591.9175.66
4-56.329.205.5114.292.9411.50
>59.479.968.9011.765.1512.83

Sexual health visit in last 12 months
No89.2288.9388.7689.4790.1888.27
Yes10.7811.0711.2410.539.8211.73

Experienced any difficulty in accessing
Yes24.5112.5013.7320.3414.2918.09
No75.4987.5086.2779.6688.7181.91