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  • Title: Contraceptive attitudes and intention to use condoms in sexually experienced and inexperienced adolescent males.
    Author: Pleck JH, Sonenstein FL, Ku LC.
    Journal: J Fam Issues; 1990 Sep; 11(3):294-312. PubMed ID: 12316577.
    Abstract:
    The 1988 National Survey of Adolescent Males, conducted by the Institute for Survey Research of Temple University, interviewed 1880 never-married males, aged 15-19, over the period April-November 1988. The sample is representative of the noninstitutionalized, never-married male population aged 15-19 in the contiguous US, with young men in college dormitories, military barracks, prisons, and other group quarters excluded from the sampling frame. The sample was stratified to overrepresent Black and Hispanic respondents such that 676 Black males, 386 Hispanic males, and 755 White, non-Hispanic males, as well as 63 males of other races were interviewed. 1244 of the men had experienced sexual intercourse, 421 had not experienced intercourse but intended to do so in the near future, and 159 were sexually inexperienced and intended to remain so for some time. Sexually inexperienced respondents who did not intend to have sex are omitted from the analysis. 58.3% of the sexually experienced males and 58.0% of the inexperienced males intending to have sex in the next year reported being almost certain that they would use a condom with an hypothetical future partner. Sexually experienced males reported lower perceived costs for condom use related to embarrassment than did the inexperienced males. Experienced males, however, perceive condoms as being more costly in terms of reducing pleasure. The perceived benefits of using condoms in terms of preventing pregnancy and gaining appreciation from the partner, as well as attitudinal endorsement of male responsibility in contraception more generally, are similar for the two groups. Believing that males are responsible for contraception and perceiving condoms to have low costs in terms of reducing pleasure and high benefits in gaining the partner's appreciation influence intent to use a condom. Attitudes discounting the risk of AIDS reduced intended condom use in both groups. For the sexually inexperienced, urban residence, high educational aspirations, and self-esteem were also associated with the intention to use a condom. For experienced respondents, condom use at last intercourse, not being Hispanic, holding religion to be important, liberal attitudes about the male sex role, and worry about AIDS also predict intended condom use.
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