AIDS in the Public Consciousness in the Federal Republic 1999

Knowledge on AIDS, readiness for protection against AIDS. Attitude to
education about AIDS and attitude to HIV-infected.

Topics: Satisfaction with personal condition of health; greatest
health dangers for the German population; most dangerous illnesses in
the Federal Republic; knowledge about AIDS; assessment of the danger of
infection with AIDS in selected situations; knowledge about the
possibility of transmitting AIDS in various situations; knowledge about
the HIV test; frequency of respondent´s having an AIDS test; interest
in an HIV test; counselling desired or received before conducting an
HIV test; knowledge about the significance of an HIV-positive test
result; probability of personal contacts with HIV-infected persons;
personal contacts with AIDS patients or HIV-infected people; attitude
towards people infected with HIV; concern for personal AIDS disease or
HIV infection in one’s circle of friends; point in time of one’s
concern about Aids; 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; personal counselling
service in the matter of Aids; use of AIDS brochures from the health
authorities; time of last receipt of AIDS education in the media as
well as in special information events; where the information events
took place; AIDS counselling at school; internet usage on the topic
AIDS; knowledge of the publicity campaign “Gib Aids keine Chance”;
point in time of the last information by means of poster publicity;
knowledge of further selected location of the condom symbol; publicity
of radio-spots with the slogans “Kondome schützen” (condoms protect)
and “Mach’s mit” (join in); time of the last information by means of
radio-publicity spots; knowledge of the existence on the central
contact point in Cologne: self-assessment of one’s state of information
on AIDS; interest in information on the topic of protection against
transmission of the Aids-virus, in the situation of Aids sufferers and
those infected with HIV as well as medical research reports on the
topic AIDS; frequency of the usage of daily newspapers, political
weekly newspapers and magazines, television, radio, cinema and the
internet (scale); professional or personal use in the internet;
attitude towards using a condom with a new partner; acceptance of the
partner’s wish to use a condom; personal suggestion to use a condom
with a new partner; assessment of the difficulty to convince a new
partner of condom use; expectation of a new intimate partnership in the
next few months and the intention to discuss AIDS with him/her; sexual
activity and number of different sexual partners in the last twelve
months; first sexual intercourse before 18th birthday; personal
experience in condom use and its effect on one’s sexual experiences;
frequency of condom use; contraception of transmission as main reason
for condom use; chance acquaintanceship and sexual intercourse in the
last year as well as condom use; consequences of the danger of AIDS on
one’s sexual behaviour; feeling of security in dealing with the danger
of AIDS; one’s own willingness to care for those infected with HIV, to
visit sufferers on a weekly basis, voluntary help for an Aids-support
organisation; donations in the last twelve months; willingness to
donate to Aids support organisations; attitude towards the isolation of
Aids sufferers; point in time of the last sexual relationship;
addressing Aids and condom use with a new partner; attitude to selected
reasons for condom use; knowledge about handling of condoms; assessment
of the material safety of condoms; aversion to condom use; current
possession of condoms; last vacation trip; sex contacts on vacation and
condom use; condom use during last sexual intercourse; knowledge of new
methods of treating Aids and assumption of a slighter risk of
transmission as well as less need for protection against Aids.

Demography: Age; sex; marital status; living with a partner; serious
relationship; sexual relationship to partner; duration of the
relationship; statement for future duration of the relationship;
current and previous profession; current and previous position; school
leaving certificate; school leaving certificate acquired; household
size; number of over eighteen-year-olds in the household; assessment of
one’s religiousness; confession; monthly household income.