youth country profile
- Colombia 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 48.8 62.0  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 84.0 86.1  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 67.2 64.2  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 23.3 6.0  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 7.8 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 17.1 7.4  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 0.1 8.3  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 33.5 83.3 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 6.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 50.1 45.2 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 8.3 10.0 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.3 0.1  
 


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