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; major health problems for the German population; most dangerous diseases in the country; knowledge about 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 test result HIV-positive; external signs of HIV-positive; personal contacts with HIV-positive or AIDS patients; behaviour when infected with AIDS in one´s personal environment; concern about one´s own AIDS disease or about AIDS in the circle of acquaintances; time of concern about one´s own AIDS disease; own probability of infection due to sexual intercourse; sources of information used about AIDS; frequency of conversations among 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 school days and evaluation of the knowledge acquired about AIDS by schools; again all: frequency of Internet use; Internet as a source of information on the subject of AIDS and time of last Internet use on this subject; information frequency on the Internet about AIDS; visit to the websites ´Gib AIDS keine Chance´, ´Mach´s mit´ and ´Weltaidstag.de´ and number of website visits in the last...