youth country profile
- Nepal 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 56.6 78.9  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 77.9 88.0  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 71.1 77.9  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 51.4 15.5  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 18.5 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 47.0 27.0  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 0.3 8.2  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse u 78.4 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 12.6 12.7 (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 27.6 43.6 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months u u (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated