youth country profile
- Congo (Brazzaville) 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 70.1 55.7  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 64.5 90.1  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 42.8 34.5  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 30.8 12.5  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 27.3 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 81.1 86.0  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 59.2 72.7  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 20.0 24.2 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 13.9 0.0 (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 10.0 12.5 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 3.3 0.8 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated