|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
4.9 |
2.1 |
20-24 |
3.5 |
5.0 |
15-24 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
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 |
48.4 |
62.3 |
20-24 |
43.8 |
68.0 |
15-24 |
46.1 |
64.5 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
53.5 |
63.1 |
20-24 |
52.4 |
70.7 |
15-24 |
52.9 |
65.9 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
58.8 |
71.7 |
20-24 |
54.0 |
78.1 |
15-24 |
56.4 |
74.1 |
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 |
27.6 |
28.8 |
20-24 |
26.5 |
35.0 |
15-24 |
27.0 |
31.1 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
65.7 |
78.9 |
20-24 |
63.9 |
87.5 |
15-24 |
64.8 |
82.1 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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 |
50.0 |
61.2 |
20-24 |
55.8 |
67.3 |
15-24 |
52.9 |
63.5 |
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 |
9.7 |
36.3 |
20-24 |
6.8 |
42.3 |
15-24 |
8.1 |
39.1 |
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 |
3.2 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
47.9 |
60.5 |
20-24 |
76.9 |
88.2 |
15-24 |
54.1 |
66.9 |
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 |
50.1 |
96.4 |
20-24 |
27.0 |
69.4 |
15-24 |
37.1 |
83.7 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
30.3 |
29.9 |
20-24 |
27.2 |
38.4 |
15-24 |
29.1 |
33.2 |