youth country profile
- Peru 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 92.2 u  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 88.8 u  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 61.9 u  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 17.7 u  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 12.7 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 31.7 u  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 15.6 u  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 26.0 u (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 14.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS u u (*)
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