Study title

Information and communication behaviour, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to AIDS. Attitudes towards AIDS education and HIV-infected people. Information behaviour, knowledge and behaviour in relation to sexually transmitted diseases. Topics: Satisfaction with one´s own state of health; taking care of one´s own health; biggest health problems for the German population; most dangerous diseases in the country; knowledge about AIDS; course of AIDS; assessment of the risk of AIDS infection in selected situations; risk of infection before outbreak of the disease; HIV antibody test: knowledge of the significance of the HIV-positive test result; external signs of HIV-positive; personal contacts with HIV-positive or AIDS patients; behaviour when infected with AIDS in the personal environment; knowledge of media reports on the disadvantage of HIV-infected or AIDS patients; experiences in the social environment as well as personal experiences regarding the disadvantage of HIV-infected or AIDS patients; concern about one´s own AIDS disease or about AIDS among acquaintances; time of concern about one´s own AIDS disease; own probability of infection by sexual intercourse; sources of information used about AIDS; frequency of conversations with friends about AIDS; reception of AIDS brochures of the health authorities; time of last reception and number of AIDS brochures read; time of last reception of AIDS information through TV spots, commercials in the cinema, advertisements and lectures as well as respective number; type of information event (public event, company, school lessons); only respondents aged 16 to 44 years: participation in selected events on the subject of AIDS (Mitmach Parcour Aids, exhibition ´Liebesleben´, Jugendfilmtage Aids); AIDS as a teaching topic in one´s own schooldays and evaluation by schools of the knowledge acquired about AIDS; again all: frequency of Internet use; Internet as a source of information on the subject of AIDS and time of...