youth country profile
- Bolivia 2003 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 70.5 79.9  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 94.1 96.2  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 54.7 66.8  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 25.8 10.7  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 15.7 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 40.0 61.9  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 16.5 45.2  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 21.5 37.2 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 13.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 14.9 17.8 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months u u (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated