PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS OF CONDOM USE IN MEXICAN MIGRANT LABORERS

Predictors of condom use were identified in a sample of 87 Mexican mig rants with an average of 6.4 years living and working in the United St ates since 1982. Results of stepwise multiple regression analyses indi cated that condom use with both occasional and regular sex partners, a s well as carrying condoms, were predicted by having friends that carr y and use condoms and by being married/living with someone. Greater am ounts of time spent in the United States also predicted condom use wit h occasional sex partners, and carrying condoms was predicted by highe r levels of education and male gender. Tile influence of social-interp ersonal factors on condom use and the implications of these findings f or future research and for informing culturally responsive AIDS preven tion programs and policies targeting Mexican migrants are discussed.