youth country profile
- Malawi 2004 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 33.5 40.2  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 70.6 85.6  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 49.3 52.2  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 48.9 7.8  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 34.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 58.5 51.5  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 21.1 39.1  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 35.2 46.8 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 15.7 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 23.6 36.3 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 9.0 8.9 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 9.1 2.1  
 


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