AP Poll: Despite declining fears, majority of Americans worry about AIDS threat to children
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer people believe the overall threat of AIDS is very serious these days, but a majority of Americans say they worry about the impact of the sexually transmitted disease on the nation's children, an Associated Press poll found.
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Only two in 10 polled said they were concerned they would personally be infected with HIV, but
more than half, 51 percent, said they were worried that a son or daughter could be infected.
A majority in the poll, 55 percent, said teaching safe sex should be the focus of efforts to prevent AIDS, rather than promoting abstinence, backed by 40 percent.
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The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,002 adults was taken July 19-21 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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