|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
20-24 |
13.2 |
3.9 |
15-24 |
9.1 |
2.1 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
20-24 |
9.7 |
10.7 |
15-24 |
9.0 |
8.9 |
Note: Among youth who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months |
6.2 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS |
Percentage of youth who knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS: |
-abstaining from sexual intercourse |
15-19 |
69.2 |
83.1 |
20-24 |
70.9 |
92.2 |
15-24 |
70.2 |
87.4 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
62.1 |
74.7 |
20-24 |
67.9 |
79.7 |
15-24 |
65.2 |
77.1 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
55.3 |
72.4 |
20-24 |
61.0 |
79.7 |
15-24 |
58.4 |
75.8 |
Note: Using a condom every time they have sexual intercourse |
Percentage of youth age 15-24 who knows that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding AND that MTCT can be prevented by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy |
15-19 |
29.7 |
21.6 |
20-24 |
41.7 |
32.9 |
15-24 |
36.2 |
27.0 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
76.8 |
85.7 |
20-24 |
83.4 |
93.3 |
15-24 |
80.4 |
89.3 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
21.1 |
34.5 |
20-24 |
25.6 |
38.3 |
15-24 |
23.6 |
36.3 |
Note: Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms and having just one uninfected faithful partner can reduce the likelihood of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy looking person can have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about AIDS transmission and prevention. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
66.1 |
81.8 |
20-24 |
80.3 |
90.7 |
15-24 |
73.8 |
86.0 |
Note: Friends, family members and home are not considered sources of condoms |
6.3 Multiple sex partners |
Percentage of youth who had sex with two partners or more in the 12 months preceding the survey among those who had sex during the period |
15-19 |
2.2 |
14.4 |
20-24 |
1.4 |
12.6 |
15-24 |
1.7 |
13.2 |
6.4 Age mixing |
Percentage of youth age 15-19 who had sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner in last 12 months, with a man who was at least 10 years older than themselves |
15-19 |
1.6 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
17.2 |
32.2 |
20-24 |
38.5 |
53.1 |
15-24 |
21.1 |
39.1 |
6.6 Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex |
Percentage of youth who had sexual intercourse with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner in the 12 months preceding the survey. |
15-19 |
27.5 |
94.8 |
20-24 |
7.9 |
45.4 |
15-24 |
13.9 |
62.1 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
34.9 |
35.8 |
20-24 |
35.6 |
58.5 |
15-24 |
35.2 |
46.8 |