youth country profile

Number of youth interviewed;  Women: 5,813  Men: 2,399

- Ethiopia 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 22.0 36.2  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 25.8 38.2  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 31.4 73.1  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 49.2 5.7  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 16.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 44.5 12.7  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 1.5 7.5  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 28.4 49.4 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 5.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 20.5 33.3 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 1.9 6.1 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 1.1 0.2  
 

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