youth country profile
- Philippines 2003 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 93.3 87.6  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 94.1 95.1  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 36.5 54.0  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 14.0 2.9  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 8.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 14.6 19.2  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 1.7 13.2  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 11.0 24.6 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 7.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 11.8 17.6 (*)
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  
 


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