youth country profile
- Tanzania 2004 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 57.1 55.6  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 68.3 81.6  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 71.3 63.5  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 41.1 2.2  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 26.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 62.1 47.1  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 29.1 43.2  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 38.6 45.5 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 11.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 45.2 40.3 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 5.9 6.7 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 4.0 3.0  
 


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