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Volume 29, Number 4, July/August 1997 better index of acceptability than does the former, they are constrained by the bias of selecting only those women willing to try the device. Selectivity, small sample size and data collection restrictions in previous research have inhibited attempts to differentiate among women unwilling to try the device, those willing to do so and those using the female condom with some regularity. In this research note, we compare women who tried the device with those who did not, and we compare the use characteristics and reactions to the device among women who used the female condom during at least half of their sexual encounters with the use characteristics and reactions of women who were less regular users of the method.