Study title

Attitude to AIDS and sexual conduct. Topics: 1. Oral survey: attitude to health precautions and ability to influence one´s own health, center of control (scale); number of marriages up to now and firm partnerships; age in first firm partnership and first marriage; number, sex and length of current firm partnerships; common household with partner; frequency of meeting with partner and number of firm partners of one´s partner; knowledge about the illness AIDS; self-classification of knowledge about the illness; causes for the illness; knowledge about infection and communication of the illness; knowledge of someone infected with AIDS; classification of the risk of infection with selected situations in daily life and with sexual conduct; assessment of the possibility of AIDS infection of an unborn child during pregnancy; knowledge of AIDS risk groups; assumed possibility of recovery and cure for AIDS; estimate of death rate with AIDS illness; measures of AIDS patients to protect against infection; personal risk of infection and currently perceived as well as expected risk of infection at place of residence; concern for AIDS infection; behavioral changes as protection against infection; most important preventive measures; behavioral changes conducted oneself as well as determined among friends; perceived certainty of being able to avoid the risk of infection through behavioral changes; interest in an AIDS test and knowledge about the place where such a test can be conducted; interest in the test result; assumed spreading of AIDS in Germany and estimated number of AIDS patients; contact fears regarding AIDS patients; perceived threat from environmental dangers and AIDS; institution responsible to eliminate the AIDS dangers; ability to contain AIDS and possible means to limit further spread; most important sources of information about AIDS; conversations about AIDS with relatives and family members; information about AIDS from the media; media usage; religiousness;...