youth country profile
- India 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 66.5 82.6  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 69.4 86.3  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 33.5 66.9  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 44.5 6.8  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 16.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 40.4 11.5  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 0.5 6.6  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 22.2 36.3 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 10.3 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 19.9 36.1 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 2.6 1.2 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.11 0.09  
 


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