HIV/AIDS and STD Data Archive

The HIV/AIDS/STD Data Archive, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), includes studies that provide descriptive and comparative data on the behavioral and social antecedents and consequences of HIV, AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases. Studies address a variety of topics including:

• the incidence and prevalence of specific sexual behaviors (including abstinence, vaginal and anal intercourse, oral-genital sexual activity, masturbation);
• contraceptive and STD-preventive behavior;
• attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual behavior and methods of contraception and STD prophylaxis;
• AIDS/HIV knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and serostatus;
• current and past episodes of gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and other STDs;
• and high-risk behavior, including alcohol/drug use and prostitution.

All studies in the archive have been selected by a panel of scientist experts in the field of HIV/AIDS research.

The purpose of the collection is to provide access to the best data sets on the prevalence, incidence, correlates, and consequences of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. These valuable data resources facilitate progress towards the HIV/AIDS-related prevention and control objectives of Healthy People 2010, encourage secondary analysis of the best existing data, thereby adding to our base of knowledge and increasing the scientific yield from the investment in research.

The HIV/AIDS/STD collection contains 19 studies including:

• 1990-92 National AIDS Behavioral Surveys (NABS I)
• 1996 National Sexual Health Survey (NSHS)
• 1997-98 Urban Men’s Health Study (UMHS)
• 1990-92 NABS I Complete Sample)
• 1992 National AIDS Behavioral Survey (NABS II)
• 1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• The California Survey of AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, & Behavior: 1987
• The California Survey of AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, & Behavior: 1988
• 1991 Detroit Minority Youth Behavior Study
• Prospero Project Condom Study, San Francisco, 1989-1991
• Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Decision-Making Project, Baltimore City, 1988
• National Survey of Adolescent Males (NSAM), 1988 and 1990-91
• Demographic, Behavioral, and Health Characteristics of Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, 1985-86
• 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey
• 1991 National Survey of Men
• 1991 National Survey of Women
• 1990 Los Angeles Women's Health Risk Study