GAPSS 2004 - New Zealand Aids Foundation

Sex and condom use with current regular partner• Had anal sex with current regular partner in the previous six months:- 80% (80% in 2002).• Respondents who reported at least once not using a condom during anal sex with theircurrent regular partner in the previous six months:- 320. This equates to:- 63% of those having anal sex with regular partner (65% in 2002);- 50% of those who had a current regular partner (52% in 2002);- 26% of the total GAPSS 2004 sample (25% in 2002).• Respondents who reported low rates of condom use (i.e who either never or very rarelyused condoms during anal sex):- 243. This equates to:- 48% of those having anal sex with regular partner (45% in 2002);- 38% of those who had any sex with a current regular partner (37% in 2002);- 20% of the total GAPSS 2004 sample (18% in 2002).• Reporting at least once not using a condom was higher among respondents who:- Were recruited at the Big Gay Out and gay bars as opposed to saunas/sexon-sitevenues;- Were aged 15-24;- Lived together;- Were in a current relationship of one year or longer duration;- Described their partner as a “boyfriend, etc” as opposed to a “fuckbuddy”;- Had both receptive and insertive anal sex as opposed to receptive only orinsertive only;- Had last tested HIV negative and their partner had last tested HIV negative;- Believed that both they and their partner were currently “definitely HIVnegative”;- Had not had sex with another man other than their partner in the last sixmonths;- Disagreed with the statement “condoms are OK as part of sex”;- Agreed with the statement “I don’t like wearing condoms because they reducesensitivity”;- Agreed with the statement “I would sometimes rather risk HIV transmissionthan use a condom during anal sex”.GAPSS 2004: Findings from the Gay Auckland Periodic Sex Survey 7