youth country profile
- Dominican Republic 2007 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 76.9 65.8  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 97.3 97.4  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 35.3 u  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 39.6 9.4  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 20.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 50.8 70.1  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 21.1 50.7  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 46.7 69.6 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 25.3 42.5 (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 40.8 33.7 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 29.6 15.4 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.4 0.2  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated