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Reasons why married couples are using condoms

  • Marriage is painted by many as an institution where freedom of sexual intimacy is a must and free for a couple.
  • Sex seals love between a man and a woman, but then what happens when it comes introducing protective methods in the relationship.

One would expect that all, or nearly all, married women have used some form of family planning. But this is not the case. According to Dama study by Consumer Insight, a whopping 46% of 26 and over year-olds married women have not used family planning. 47 % of those who have used family planning have tried a condom, making the latex sheath the single most popular experimental method of family planning even with married couples.

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