Gender-related psychosocial and cultural factors associated with condom use among Chinese married women

The present study explored the interplay of psychosocial, gender, and cultu ral factors on Chinese married women's condom use. A total of 433 Chinese m arried women residing in Hong Kong participated in the study. Correlation r esults showed that participants' conservative gender attitudes toward sexua lity and sexual decision making were related to less accurate HIV/AIDS know ledge and less concern about contacting the disease from their husbands. Ab out 34.4% of the sexually active participants never used condoms in the pas t 6 months, and current condom use was associated with egalitarian gender a ttitudes, positive feelings about condom use, and concerns about contacting HIV/AIDS from their husbands. Among all participants, 32.5 % reported that they would not use condoms in their future sexual encounters. Future condo m use was related to shorter duration of marriage, accurate HIV/AIDS knowle dge, egalitarian gender attitudes, current condom use, and positive feeling s about condom use. Results from the logistic regression analyses showed th at egalitarian gender attitudes toward sexuality and positive feelings abou t condom use were the most salient predictors for current and future condom use.