Safe-Sex Knowledge, Sexual Behavior, and Drug Use A thesis
Safe-Sex Knowledge, Sexual Behavior, and Drug Use A thesis
Safe-Sex Knowledge, Sexual Behavior, and Drug Use A thesis
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Table 16. Places respondents would like to find information about HIV/AIDS<br />
Mean/Proportion St<strong>and</strong>ard Deviation Range<br />
School .21 .41 0-1<br />
Doctors .16 .37 0-1<br />
Church .07 .26 0-1<br />
Friends .10 .31 0-1<br />
Pamphlets/ flyers .14 .35 0-1<br />
Billboards .09 .29 0-1<br />
Boy or girl friends .06 .25 0-1<br />
Role Models/Mentors .10 .31 0-1<br />
Websites .17 .38 0-1<br />
Television .21 .41 0-1<br />
Radio .14 .35 0-1<br />
Newspaper/magazine .13 .34 0-1<br />
Parent/adult relative .07 .26 0-1<br />
Sister/brother/teen .03 .17 0-1<br />
relative<br />
Educational program .22 .41 0-1<br />
<strong>Sex</strong> partner-not boy or .02 .16 0-1<br />
girl friend<br />
Community/social<br />
group<br />
.21 .41 0-1<br />
Table 17 presents information on where respondents have learned the most about<br />
HIV/AIDS by gender <strong>and</strong> sexual orientation. The top informational places are schools<br />
<strong>and</strong> doctors. Gay men learned from their friends. Transgender persons tend to have<br />
learned from community groups <strong>and</strong> role models as well. Females learned from<br />
pamphlets <strong>and</strong> billboards <strong>and</strong> 38 percent of straight men learned from television.<br />
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