Social Aspects of the Prevention of AIDS 1986-87, 1991

The Social Aspects of Prevention of AIDS (SAPA) project is a program of research to supply background information for AIDS prevention and education strategies. Its focus is on the sexual and social lives of gay and bisexual men, their responses to the AIDS epidemic, and the impact of strategies aimed at changing high-risk sexual practices. The partial replication (supplementary study) was conducted to assess changes in sexual behaviour since the initial interview. Main variables include sexual identity, gay community and social involvement, sexual practice - enjoyment, frequency (regular and casual partners) and sexual history, media exposure, general AIDS knowledge and attitudes, 'safe-sex' knowledge and practice, change in sexual practice, sex with women, prostitution, health practices, drugs, testing, relationship to people with AIDS. Background variables include region, age, ethnicity, country of birth, income, labour force status, occupation, education level, marital status, parenthood, religion and household size.