youth country profile
- Lesotho 2004 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 68.7 45.2  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 56.0 59.1  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 29.4 29.3  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 23.0 1.8  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 20.2 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 41.6 50.3  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 28.2 47.7  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 50.1 u (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 17.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 26.4 18.9 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 7.2 3.2 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 15.4 6.0  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated