|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
20-24 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
15-24 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
28.2 |
8.9 |
20-24 |
30.5 |
19.7 |
15-24 |
29.6 |
15.4 |
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 |
74.4 |
81.5 |
20-24 |
76.5 |
83.4 |
15-24 |
75.3 |
82.3 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
86.1 |
86.8 |
20-24 |
87.4 |
89.0 |
15-24 |
86.7 |
87.7 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
84.8 |
89.0 |
20-24 |
84.2 |
89.7 |
15-24 |
84.5 |
89.3 |
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 |
39.0 |
23.6 |
20-24 |
42.9 |
25.3 |
15-24 |
40.8 |
24.3 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
91.7 |
89.0 |
20-24 |
94.3 |
92.8 |
15-24 |
92.9 |
90.6 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
39.3 |
32.6 |
20-24 |
42.6 |
35.2 |
15-24 |
40.8 |
33.7 |
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 |
88.1 |
u |
20-24 |
92.4 |
u |
15-24 |
90.0 |
u |
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 |
10.1 |
33.5 |
20-24 |
7.3 |
42.6 |
15-24 |
8.3 |
39.0 |
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 |
23.1 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
14.4 |
37.8 |
20-24 |
39.0 |
76.8 |
15-24 |
21.1 |
50.7 |
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 |
40.4 |
95.7 |
20-24 |
30.8 |
81.3 |
15-24 |
34.3 |
87.0 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
47.9 |
71.3 |
20-24 |
45.7 |
68.3 |
15-24 |
46.7 |
69.6 |