|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
20-24 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
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 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
20-24 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
15-24 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
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 |
81.6 |
81.3 |
20-24 |
86.2 |
85.2 |
15-24 |
83.6 |
82.9 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
85.8 |
81.7 |
20-24 |
92.2 |
91.0 |
15-24 |
88.6 |
85.5 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
66.0 |
66.3 |
20-24 |
77.4 |
78.1 |
15-24 |
71.1 |
71.1 |
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 |
20.4 |
17.6 |
20-24 |
20.0 |
18.5 |
15-24 |
20.2 |
17.9 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
51.8 |
59.2 |
20-24 |
59.0 |
76.2 |
15-24 |
55.0 |
66.2 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
18.0 |
21.4 |
20-24 |
21.0 |
27.0 |
15-24 |
19.3 |
23.7 |
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 |
40.7 |
61.1 |
20-24 |
53.6 |
79.3 |
15-24 |
46.4 |
68.6 |
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 |
2.4 |
19.2 |
20-24 |
1.7 |
22.4 |
15-24 |
1.9 |
21.0 |
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 |
18.2 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
1.3 |
16.4 |
20-24 |
4.3 |
28.9 |
15-24 |
2.1 |
20.9 |
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 |
14.1 |
97.8 |
20-24 |
9.1 |
85.6 |
15-24 |
10.8 |
90.9 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
31.2 |
44.1 |
20-24 |
39.2 |
59.6 |
15-24 |
35.6 |
52.4 |