youth country profile
- Mali 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 19.4 36.4  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 78.4 82.7  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 56.0 47.6  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 70.6 9.6  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 35.5 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 72.8 28.3  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 8.1 15.9  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 16.5 35.8 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 5.2 9.8 (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 17.9 22.6 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 4.4 4.7 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.9 0.7  
 


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