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a lly activ e sub je cts rep orted u sing con do m s at lea st 75 % of the tim e durin g se x
d e sp it e re co gn iz in g th eir eff ic a cy in pre ve n tin g pre gn an cy and dis e a se . S im ila r r esu lt s were
o b ta ine d (M acD on ald , W ells , F is he r, W arr en, K in g, D ohe rty & Bowi e, 19 90 ) usin g a nation ally
r e p re se nta tiv e sa m ple o f 1st ye a r co lleg e stu de nts in Cana da . A pp ro xim ate ly 75% have had
s e xu al i nte rc o urs e and on ly 25% of m ale s and 16 % of fe m ale s alw ays use con do m s durin g
s e xu al i nte rc o urs e . B ald wi n & B ald wi n (1 98 8) als o fou nd th a t on ly 20 % of t he ir se xu all y activ e
h e te ro se xu a l u nde rg ra du ate s in so uth ern Cali f o rn ia re po rt using co n do m s at le a st 75 % of the
t im e in th e pre vio u s 3 mon th s. D ura n t and Sande rs (1 98 9) use d data fr o m cyc le III of the
N ation al S urv e y on Fam ily Gro w th a nd fou nd tha t 44 .2 % of f em ale s (1 5 to 20 yea rs of a ge )
w ere se xu a lly activ e . T he se fin ding s in d ic a te th at at siz ab le num be r of ad ole sc ent f em ale s and
c o ll e g e stu den ts are se xua lly activ e a nd most a re no t u sin g con do m s durin g se xua l
i n te rc o urs e . I t see ms tha t pu bli c he alt h edu ca tion e fforts have n ot bee n eff e ctiv e in alt e rin g th e
s e xu al be ha vio r of h ete ro se xua ls in th is age grou p.
S ta tis tics als o in dic a te tha t th e perc e n ta g e of pe op le who co ntr a ct A ID S fr o m he te ro se xu a l
t r a n sm iss io n is als o in crea sin g . In 198 3, hete ro se xu al tr a n sm iss io n of A ID S acc oun te d fo r
o n ly .9 % of th e dia gn osed ca se s of A ID S nation wide (M org a n & Curr an, 1986 ). B y 198 6,
h e te ro se xu a l tr a nsm iss io n acc oun te d fo r app ro xim ate ly 4% of d ia gno se d AID S ca se s
( C oolf r o n t R epo rt, 1 986 ) and in 1990 , a pp ro xim ate