Source: Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll: October 1997

(I am going to read some statements about AIDS. As I read each statement, please say whether you agree or disagree with it.)… In general, it’s people’s own fault if they get AIDS.

Agree

40%

Disagree

57

Don’t know

3

Survey by Cable News Network, USA Today. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Gallup Organization, October 3-October 5, 1997 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 872. Data provided by The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.