youth country profile
- Benin 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 31.3 59.6  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 64.7 85.5  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 62.3 38.0  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 34.4 5.4  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 21.4 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 55.7 47.9  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 37.5 53.0  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 27.8 44.6 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 6.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 15.9 34.8 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 9.7 5.6 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated