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The extent and distribution of concern about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is examined via a sample questionnaire distributed to 673 US college students. The impact of this concern on their sexual behavior is investigated. In the 447 usable questionnaires returned over 40% of the students claim that concern about AIDS has affected their behavior. 15% of the non-sexually active students report that their concern has prevented them from becoming sexually active. Those who claim to have become more selective in their choice of partners are not any more involved in relationships than is predicted on the basis of their background characteristics and there is no relationship between a reported decrease in the frequency of sex and reported coital frequency over the past year.
Leo Carroll (Sun,) studied this question.