|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Note: Among youth who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months |
6.2 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS |
Percentage of youth who knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS: |
-abstaining from sexual intercourse |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
58.5 |
59.7 |
20-24 |
61.4 |
70.5 |
15-24 |
59.8 |
64.5 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
57.0 |
70.4 |
20-24 |
59.3 |
77.9 |
15-24 |
58.1 |
73.7 |
Note: Using a condom every time they have sexual intercourse |
Percentage of youth age 15-24 who knows that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding AND that MTCT can be prevented by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
57.3 |
63.0 |
20-24 |
60.6 |
71.7 |
15-24 |
58.8 |
66.9 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
13.1 |
16.1 |
20-24 |
17.2 |
19.9 |
15-24 |
14.9 |
17.8 |
Note: Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms and having just one uninfected faithful partner can reduce the likelihood of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy looking person can
have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about AIDS transmission and prevention. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
70.3 |
80.6 |
20-24 |
76.0 |
87.2 |
15-24 |
72.9 |
83.6 |
Note: Friends, family members and home are not considered sources of condoms |
6.3 Multiple sex partners |
Percentage of youth who had sex with two partners or more in the 12 months preceding the survey among those who had sex during the period |
15-19 |
3.8 |
37.1 |
20-24 |
1.7 |
32.0 |
15-24 |
2.3 |
33.7 |
6.4 Age mixing |
Percentage of youth age 15-19 who had sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner in last 12 months, with a man who was at least 10 years older than themselves |
15-19 |
u |
u |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
12.0 |
32.8 |
20-24 |
27.9 |
70.4 |
15-24 |
16.5 |
45.2 |
6.6 Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex |
Percentage of youth who had sexual intercourse with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner in the 12 months preceding the survey. |
15-19 |
49.1 |
88.6 |
20-24 |
20.5 |
58.9 |
15-24 |
28.9 |
69.3 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
22.5 |
37.6 |
20-24 |
20.5 |
36.8 |
15-24 |
21.5 |
37.2 |