ABSTRACT
Systematic research into sexuality and sexual conduct commenced in Slovakia in 1993-1994, primarily as a result of the threat of HIV infection and AIDS. In this initial period, within the context of a lack of any relevant data concerning sexual knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and conduct, together with an apparently poor understanding of HIV/AIDS, the major research activity comprised of surveys on large and/or representative samples of young people. The goal of these surveys was to explore the area during that early period to help in the design of national campaigns to reduce the probability of HIV transmission (see, for example, Bianchi, Lukšík, and Popper, 1994; Popper, Bianchi, and Lukšík, 1996).
