youth country profile
- Swaziland 2006-2007 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 87.6 93.5  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 87.6 93.5  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 28.7 33.3  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 5.0 0.9  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 22.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 47.8 34.2  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 44.7 31.8  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 53.7 70.4 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 27.3 30.8 (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 52.1 52.3 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 27.9 6.5 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 22.7 5.9  
 


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