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; knowledge about the means of transmission of AIDS; awareness of the HIV antibody test; knowledge of the significance of the test result HIV positive; external signs of HIV positive; personal contacts with HIV positive or AIDS patients; behaviour in the event of infection with AIDS in one´s personal environment; concern about one´s own AIDS disease or AIDS infection; the risk of infection in selected situations; the risk of infection before the outbreak of the disease; the risk of contracting AIDS. AIDS among acquaintances; time of concern about one´s own AIDS disease; own probability of infection through sexual intercourse; sources of information used about AIDS; frequency of conversations among friends about AIDS; own opinion leadership on AIDS; reception of AIDS brochures of the health authorities; one or more AIDS brochures read; type and time of the last reception of AIDS information (brochures, TV spots, commercials in the cinema, advertisements or Lectures); type of information event (public event, operation, school lessons); only respondents aged 16 to 44: participation in selected events on AIDS (Mitmach Parcour Aids, exhibition ´Liebesleben´, Jugendfilmtage Aids); AIDS as a teaching topic in one´s own schooldays and evaluation of the acquired knowledge about AIDS by the school; again all: frequency of Internet use; Internet as a source of information on the subject of AIDS and time of...