youth country profile
- Cameroon 2004 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 62.7 71.5  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 61.1 80.5  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 43.8 47.8  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 47.2 9.6  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 28.4 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 69.2 51.5  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 34.1 45.2  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 46.5 57.4 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 15.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 27.4 34.5 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 5.9 6.0 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 4.8 1.4  
 


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