|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20-24 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
15-24 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
20-24 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
15-24 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
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 |
64.7 |
71.2 |
20-24 |
69.5 |
79.0 |
15-24 |
67.0 |
74.6 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
69.9 |
77.8 |
20-24 |
75.4 |
90.1 |
15-24 |
72.6 |
83.3 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
50.8 |
58.8 |
20-24 |
57.8 |
68.4 |
15-24 |
54.2 |
63.1 |
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 |
13.6 |
17.9 |
20-24 |
13.3 |
24.8 |
15-24 |
13.5 |
21.0 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
36.0 |
50.6 |
20-24 |
39.1 |
65.5 |
15-24 |
37.5 |
57.1 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
12.3 |
14.4 |
20-24 |
14.5 |
17.6 |
15-24 |
13.4 |
15.9 |
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 |
8.3 |
25.0 |
20-24 |
10.6 |
31.2 |
15-24 |
9.4 |
27.7 |
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 |
0.4 |
21.5 |
20-24 |
0.7 |
6.8 |
15-24 |
0.6 |
10.1 |
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 |
15-17 |
6.6 |
na |
18-19 |
21.0 |
na |
15-19 |
13.1 |
na |
Note: Sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner. UNAIDS indicator. |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
0.8 |
6.7 |
20-24 |
6.0 |
16.2 |
15-24 |
1.9 |
10.1 |
Note: PEPFAR indicator. |
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 |
0.7 |
76.3 |
20-24 |
1.1 |
27.3 |
15-24 |
0.9 |
38.4 |
Note: UNGASS indicator. |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
11.6 |
30.3 |
20-24 |
20.7 |
42.3 |
15-24 |
17.8 |
36.9 |