youth country profile
- Haiti 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 53.6 55.4  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 82.7 89.2  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 27.8 39.4  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 29.9 4.9  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 14.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 54.8 75.6  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 25.3 55.0  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 29.2 42.9 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 12.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 33.9 40.1 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 10.5 4.8 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 1.5 0.6  
 


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