National tables. Lifestyles: living together. Percentages Persons 18 to 49 years by HIV/AIDS prevention methods, opinion on efficiency, sex and persons with whom they have lived together in the last 12 months Units: percentages ,Both sexes,,,,,,Males,,,,,,Females,,,,,, ,Total,Spouse/Partner and nobody else,Spouse/Partner and other,Parents or other family members,Alone,Other persons,Total,Spouse/Partner and nobody else,Spouse/Partner and other,Parents or other family members,Alone,Other persons,Total,Spouse/Partner and nobody else,Spouse/Partner and other,Parents or other family members,Alone,Other persons, Wash after having sexual relations, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,21.43,20.12,20.12,22.84,24.18,24.53,23.30,21.57,22.16,24.10,28.24,26.66,19.51,18.20,18.51,21.31,17.05,23.12, Not effective,78.57,79.88,79.88,77.16,75.82,75.47,76.70,78.43,77.84,75.90,71.76,73.34,80.49,81.80,81.49,78.69,82.95,76.88, Choose partners correctly, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,64.74,64.96,64.10,65.04,64.44,67.13,68.62,68.21,68.69,68.52,66.21,75.09,60.71,60.67,60.44,60.83,61.27,61.79, Not effective,35.26,35.04,35.90,34.96,35.56,32.87,31.38,31.79,31.31,31.48,33.79,24.91,39.29,39.33,39.56,39.17,38.73,38.21, Have few partners, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,45.08,45.62,46.60,42.70,42.62,49.01,46.50,46.01,49.06,44.39,41.83,53.39,43.62,45.12,44.64,40.68,44.03,45.98, Not effective,54.92,54.38,53.40,57.30,57.38,50.99,53.50,53.99,50.94,55.61,58.17,46.61,56.38,54.88,55.36,59.32,55.97,54.02, Use a male condom, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,96.74,97.24,97.10,96.70,96.42,92.91,97.32,97.58,97.71,97.29,96.46,94.57,96.14,96.78,96.62,95.99,96.34,91.80, Not effective,3.26,2.76,2.90,3.30,3.58,7.09,2.68,2.42,2.29,2.71,3.54,5.43,3.86,3.22,3.38,4.01,3.66,8.20, Use spermicides, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,18.36,15.84,15.56,22.52,19.65,21.56,19.48,15.11,16.36,24.42,20.68,24.68,17.23,16.76,14.95,20.31,17.92,19.34, Not effective,81.64,84.16,84.44,77.48,80.35,78.44,80.52,84.89,83.64,75.58,79.32,75.32,82.77,83.24,85.05,79.69,82.08,80.66, Ask partner to have an AIDS test, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,70.32,71.09,67.41,72.61,69.56,75.07,68.37,69.55,64.34,70.06,70.79,76.03,72.31,73.11,69.82,75.66,67.40,74.42, Not effective,29.68,28.91,32.59,27.39,30.44,24.93,31.63,30.45,35.66,29.94,29.21,23.97,27.69,26.89,30.18,24.34,32.60,25.58, Have an AIDS test frequently, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,61.56,59.76,56.87,66.14,67.17,68.10,62.01,59.61,56.32,66.94,68.54,68.28,61.09,59.96,57.32,65.20,64.69,67.97, Not effective,38.44,40.24,43.13,33.86,32.83,31.90,37.99,40.39,43.68,33.06,31.46,31.72,38.91,40.04,42.68,34.80,35.31,32.03, Ask partners about their sexual history, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,42.59,41.04,37.87,48.50,43.71,45.18,40.50,38.24,33.69,46.61,46.36,46.24,44.73,44.72,41.17,50.75,38.93,44.45, Not effective,57.41,58.96,62.13,51.50,56.29,54.82,59.50,61.76,66.31,53.39,53.64,53.76,55.27,55.28,58.83,49.25,61.07,55.55, Use a female condom, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, Effective,54.97,50.89,52.37,59.57,57.52,57.93,54.65,49.42,51.81,59.88,55.60,59.62,55.30,52.80,52.81,59.20,61.03,56.80, Not effective,45.03,49.11,47.63,40.43,42.48,42.07,45.35,50.58,48.19,40.12,44.40,40.38,44.70,47.20,47.19,40.80,38.97,43.20, Notes: Data corresponding to cells with less than 45,000 persons must be used with caution, because they may be affected by high sample errors. Source: National Statistics Institute