Experienced condom users are significantly less likely to have a condom slip or break compared to first @-@ time users , although users who experience one slippage or breakage are more likely to suffer a second such failure . An article in Population Reports suggest that education on condom use reduce behaviors that increase the risk of breakage and slippage . A Family Health International publication also offer the view that education can reduce the risk of breakage and slippage , but emphasize that more research need to be done to determine all of the causes of breakage and slippage .