|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
20-24 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
15-24 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
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 |
43.7 |
20-24 |
u |
51.6 |
15-24 |
u |
46.8 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
54.7 |
58.3 |
20-24 |
66.6 |
78.6 |
15-24 |
60.1 |
66.2 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
45.5 |
54.9 |
20-24 |
52.1 |
71.2 |
15-24 |
48.5 |
61.2 |
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 |
54.6 |
53.9 |
20-24 |
57.6 |
73.1 |
15-24 |
55.9 |
61.4 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
14.1 |
15.9 |
20-24 |
15.5 |
29.8 |
15-24 |
14.7 |
21.3 |
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 |
44.3 |
63.1 |
20-24 |
49.6 |
83.3 |
15-24 |
46.7 |
71.0 |
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 |
3.6 |
20.2 |
20-24 |
2.0 |
24.8 |
15-24 |
2.7 |
23.2 |
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 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
21.0 |
21.8 |
20-24 |
53.8 |
53.7 |
15-24 |
26.3 |
31.9 |
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 |
36.8 |
97.6 |
20-24 |
13.4 |
67.7 |
15-24 |
22.8 |
78.2 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
46.4 |
61.6 |
20-24 |
67.6 |
71.0 |
15-24 |
53.9 |
66.9 |