STUDY ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BARRIERS TO THE PURCHASE OF CONDOMS

This study identifies the most important barriers to buying condoms an d their effect on the intention to buy condoms. A total of 99 high sch ool students and 97 members of a physical fitness centre agreed to par ticipate and completed a self-administered questionnaire. The most fre quently reported barriers are embarrassment (26%), reluctance to be se en (21%), lack of money (16%), and problems of choosing from the avail able condoms (11%). One quarter of the subjects indicated they would n ot buy condoms when confronted with any one of these barriers.