AIDS and the Social Consequences (Representative Survey East, Winter 1991/1992)

Assessment of the dangers from AIDS. Attitude to the social
consequences of AIDS. Topics: 1. as oral survey: degree of urbanization
of place of residence; general assessment of dangers and temptations
for young people in large cities; assessment of the danger of AIDS
infection in large cities; expected risk of crime in Germany in the
extent of American cities; probability of future personal isolation due
to AIDS; assessment of current and future social menace from AIDS;
general attitude to the handicapped and illnesses as well as perceived
feeling of threat from AIDS and readiness for risk (scale); personal
ideas on AIDS prevention; centrality of the illness AIDS in the ideas
of respondent in comparison to other illness risks; dealing with AIDS
and assignment of blame to fringe groups (scale); perceived threat from
AIDS in one´s family and circle of friends; influence of AIDS on daily
behavior with people as well as feeling of safety; dealing with AIDS
patients or isolation (scale); state of knowledge about possibilities
of infection with AIDS; state of knowledge about the number of
AIDS-infected people in Germany; active or casual gathering of
information on AIDS; assessment of danger of AIDS-infection in selected
situations in daily life; attitude to selected statements on social as
well as personal dealing with AIDS (scale); governmental or personal
responsibility for protection from AIDS and assumed attitude of the
population on this question; compulsory measures or education as
promising measure to contain AIDS as well as assumed attitude of the
population on this question; attitude to compulsory registration, to
entry prohibition for AIDS-infected people as well as compulsory tests
for main risk groups or for everyone as well as assumed attitude of the
population on this question; government, health insurance companies or
those impacted themselves as bearers of the costs for care of AIDS
patients; willingness to pay higher health insurance fees for care of
AIDS-infected people and AIDS patients; attitude to a special AIDS tax
for everyone; preferred compulsory measures to protect the healthy
against AIDS-infected people (scale) and assumed view of the population
on these questions; preference for privacy protection for AIDS patients
or protection of the healthy at the cost of AIDS-infected people;
assumed general overestimate or underestimate of the AIDS danger in
Germany. 2. As written form to be filled out the respondent answered
the following: AIDS-infected people in one´s circle of friends;
perceived certainty currently and in the future of respondent´s not
being infected with AIDS; promiscuity and marital fidelity (scale);
information on sexual behavior in the last 12 months with changing
partners and random acquaintances; consciousness of the danger of AIDS
infection and considerations for protection; condom use; attitude to
condom use in future relations with unknown partners. 3. Demography:
sex; age in years; school education; vocational training; employment;
occupational position; marital status; self-assessment of social class;
religious denomination; religiousness; party preference; income; size
of household; composition of household; household income; telephone;
possession of telephone answering device.