Abstract :
This study aims to understand the variation of condom attitude in high-risk settings and
how far condom use varies with varying sexual partners. The study also explores the
relationship between interface of alcohol consumption and condom use using ASHRA
data collected in 2007-08 among young men in low-income communities of Mumbai.
Health Belief Model and AIDS Risk Reduction Model provided the theoretical
orientation for this research. Among those young men who reported wife as their
sexual partner, 70% and 3% in the high-risk setting are having moderate and high
positive attitude towards condom use but this attitude becomes very low when the
sexual partner is girlfriend or others. Young men are five times more likely to indulge in
risky sexual behavior under the effect of alcohol. Though they have high positive
attitude towards condom use, but in practical situation condom use is less in the last sex
among both married and unmarried men rather than those who have low positive
attitude towards condom use. So relationship between knowledge of the effectiveness
of condom and its actual use is a major contradiction and challenge in this setting.
Keyword :
Condom attitude, Alcohol consumption, Sexual partner, Risky sexual behavior.