youth country profile
- Guinea 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 21.7 48.4  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 54.8 73.9  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 65.3 44.3  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 63.1 9.8  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 31.8 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 70.6 58.0  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 35.6 52.9  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 25.8 37.2 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 8.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 16.9 22.8 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 2.0 2.9 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 1.2 0.6  
 


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