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To the Editor: Beliefs about condoms are powerful correlates of condom use among adolescents,¹ adults,² heterosexuals,³ injection-drug users,⁴ and homosexual men⁵. However, information on these beliefs is scant. Using data from a probability-based telephone survey of people living in 23 urban areas in the United States with a high prevalence of AIDS (as described by Catania et al.⁶), we examined the beliefs about condoms held by 5331 heterosexual adults 18 to 49 years of age (59 percent were white, 49 percent male, 42 percent 18 to 29 years old, 47 percent married, and 56 percent college-educated).

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