Study title

Assessment of the dangers from AIDS. Attitude to the social consequences of AIDS. Topics: 1. Oral survey: degree of urbanization of place of residence; most important characteristics of an ideal residential area (scale); preference for living in a large city or in the country; composition of the immediate social surroundings and characterization according to religiousness, interest in politics and enterprise; description of the relation to the three most important persons according to frequency of contact, type of relation, spatial distance, agreement of one´s own views with these persons and acquaintance of these persons with each other; intensity and type of neighborhood contacts; general contentment with life; personal future expectation; laisser-faire or strict social norm orientation; moral orientation and importance of areas of life; withdrawal into the private area or sociability; dealing with strangers in selected situations in daily life; xenophobia (scale); general attitude to handicapped and sick persons; feeling of threat in selected situations and in public places; government or private responsibility for protection from danger and risks; readiness to take risk; government or private responsibility for the decisive things of life; smoker or non-smoker; attempt to quit smoking; personal decision or medical advice for the attempt to quit smoking; illnesses as fate or controllable through precaution; contacting a doctor with selected symptoms of illness; attitude to check-ups; regularity of participation in medical check-ups; attitude to a comprehensive explanation with serious illnesses; general assessment of the dangers in large cities in comparison to rural areas; assessment of the danger of infection with AIDS in large cities; expected jeopardy from crime in Germany to the extent of American cities; probability of personally isolating oneself in the future due to AIDS; judgement on the danger of infection of selected illnesses; adequate extent to...