youth country profile
- Uganda 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 41.2 46.0  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 77.8 87.3  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 72.8 89.8  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 46.3 6.7  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 24.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 62.4 47.9  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 24.2 27.6  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 38.3 55.1 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 10.8 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 31.9 38.2 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 17.1 12.9 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated