youth country profile
- Burkina Faso 2003 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 20.3 33.5  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 59.2 74.9  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 79.5 70.0  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 51.9 4.7  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 23.2 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 61.2 32.4  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 26.3 31.9  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 53.8 66.9 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 10.3 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 14.7 21.3 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months u u (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 1.3 0.7  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated