AIDS in the Public Consciousness in the Federal Republic 1997

Knowledge on AIDS, readiness for protection against AIDS. Attitude
towards education on AIDS and attitude towards HIV-positive people.

Topics: Satisfaction with personal health condition; greatest risks to
health for the German population; most dangerous illnesses in the
Federal Republic; knowledge on AIDS; assessment of the risk of
infection with AIDS in selected situations; knowledge of the
possibilities of contracting AIDS in various situations; knowledge of
the HIV test; frequency, place and time of HIV test on respondent;
knowledge of the significance of the test result HIV-positive;
probability of personal contact with persons infected with HIV;
personal contact with AIDS patients or people infected with HIV;
concern about personally contracting AIDS or HIV in one´s circle of
friends; assessment of personal risk of infection due to sexual
intercourse; sources of information about AIDS used; frequency of the
topic ´AIDS´ in one´s circle of friends; counselling others on AIDS;
use of AIDS brochures of health officials; type and time of last
receiving AIDS education in the media as well as in special information
events; participation in AIDS counselling as well as place of
counselling and adviser; AIDS counselling in school; knowledge of the
poster campaign ´Gib Aids keine Chance´ {don´t give AIDS a chance};
knowledge of the central telephone AIDS counselling; self-assessment of
extent to which informed about AIDS; interest in information and in the
life situation of AIDS sufferers; condom use with stable as well as new
partners; acceptance of partner’s wish to use condoms; expectation of a
new intimate relationship in the next few months and intention to talk
about the topic of ´AIDS´ with the new partner; sexual activity and
number of different sexual partners in the last 12 months; personal
experience with condoms and its influence on one’s sexual experiences;
frequency of condom use; contraception or infection as primary reason
for the use of condoms; random acquaintance and sexual intercourse as
well as condom use hereby; consequences of the risk of AIDS on personal
sexual practices; personal willingness to care for people infected with
HIV; attitude to isolation of AIDS patients and to a legal duty to
submit one to an AIDS test; making a central theme of the topic ´AIDS´
and condoms and their use with a new partner; attitude to selected
reasons for condom use; knowledge on condom-use; assessment of the
material safety of condoms; aversion to condom use; current possession
of condoms; current methods of contraception; knowledge about new
methods of AIDS treatment; last vacation trip; sexual contacts on
vacation and condom use.

Demography: Age; sex; marital status; living together with a partner;
steady partner; sexual relation with partner; duration of the relation;
statement about future duration of the relation; employment;
occupational position; school leaving certificate; household size;
existence of religious belief.