PIP: 250 males aged 15-50 years in the district of Come, Benin, were surveyed in March 1989 for this study of the acceptability of condoms. The survey was part of a program to improve AIDS-prevention strategies. The district of Come is located on an important international highway near the border with Togo. The adolescent population is large and sexually active. The questionnaire was self-administered by respondents literate in French and was administered by interviews for illiterate respondents. The sample was systematically selected from electoral and secondary school lists. Among the 246 respondents completing the survey, 54.4% were married, 43.9% were single, and 1.63% were divorced. 255 of subjects reported having had acute urethritis of venereal origin at least once during the 2 years preceding the survey. 100 reported using some means of protection during intercourse and 146 (59.3%) did not. Only 6 of the 246 had not been informed of the protective benefits of the condom. Among the 146 not using any protection, 24 cited as the reason decrease of pleasure, 20 difficulty of acquisition, 6 lack of knowledge of condoms, 10 belief that the partner was healthy, 4 fear of condom failure, and 82 no reason. 88 of the 100 reporting they used protection used condoms alone or with spermicide. The others used spermicidal creams such as Neo-Sampoon. Among the 88 using condoms, 22 did so regularly, 20 from time to time, and 46 rarely. 14 of 46 single men and 8 of 40 married men reported using condoms regularly. 77.2% of the condom users had secondary educations and 15.9% had university educations. 76 of the 88 experienced annoyances during condom use, with 23 citing lack of contact with the partner, 17 decreased experienced tearing of a condom, 4 developed infections despite condom use, and 2 complained of the frustration of their partners because of delayed ejaculation. 30% obtained their condoms in pharmacies and 70% did so at family planning or health centers.