youth country profile
- Zimbabwe 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 78.4 79.9  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 60.7 72.0  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 34.3 50.1  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 33.6 2.4  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 21.2 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 36.7 28.0  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 12.5 28.1  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 40.8 67.3 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 25.5 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 43.0 45.1 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 7.9 7.1 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 11.0 4.2  
 


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