National tables. Lifestyles: number of nights spent away from home. Percentages
Persons 18 to 49 years by  HIV/AIDS prevention methods, opinion on efficiency, sex and no. of nights spent away from home because of work/studies in the last 12 months
Units: percentages

,Both sexes,,,Males,,,Females,,,
,Total,At least 1 a month,Less than 1 a month,Total,At least 1 a month,Less than 1 a month,Total,At least 1 a month,Less than 1 a month,
Wash after having sexual relations,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,21.39,20.86,21.50,23.30,22.68,23.47,19.43,17.14,19.71,
    Not effective,78.61,79.14,78.50,76.70,77.32,76.53,80.57,82.86,80.29,
Choose partners correctly,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,64.76,65.94,64.53,68.64,68.20,68.77,60.73,61.35,60.65,
    Not effective,35.24,34.06,35.47,31.36,31.80,31.23,39.27,38.65,39.35,
Have few partners,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,45.03,45.54,44.93,46.45,46.23,46.51,43.56,44.13,43.49,
    Not effective,54.97,54.46,55.07,53.55,53.77,53.49,56.44,55.87,56.51,
Use a male condom,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,96.79,96.36,96.87,97.35,96.15,97.69,96.20,96.79,96.13,
    Not effective,3.21,3.64,3.13,2.65,3.85,2.31,3.80,3.21,3.87,
Use spermicides,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,18.30,19.68,18.02,19.47,20.53,19.16,17.12,17.97,17.01,
    Not effective,81.70,80.32,81.98,80.53,79.47,80.84,82.88,82.03,82.99,
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,
    Effective,70.30,69.65,70.43,68.33,65.98,68.99,72.32,77.04,71.72,
    Not effective,29.70,30.35,29.57,31.67,34.02,31.01,27.68,22.96,28.28,
Have an AIDS test frequently,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,61.52,61.31,61.57,61.99,60.91,62.29,61.04,62.14,60.90,
    Not effective,38.48,38.69,38.43,38.01,39.09,37.71,38.96,37.86,39.10,
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,
    Effective,42.57,42.06,42.67,40.49,39.68,40.71,44.71,46.91,44.44,
    Not effective,57.43,57.94,57.33,59.51,60.32,59.29,55.29,53.09,55.56,
Use a female condom,
    Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,
    Effective,55.02,56.17,54.79,54.63,55.45,54.40,55.42,57.65,55.14,
    Not effective,44.98,43.83,45.21,45.37,44.55,45.60,44.58,42.35,44.86,
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