|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
20-24 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
15-24 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
1.8 |
8.3 |
20-24 |
1.9 |
5.6 |
15-24 |
1.9 |
6.1 |
Note: Among youth who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months |
6.2 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS |
Percentage of youth who knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS: |
-abstaining from sexual intercourse |
15-19 |
63.7 |
77.5 |
20-24 |
64.9 |
78.2 |
15-24 |
64.2 |
77.8 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
65.0 |
73.2 |
20-24 |
67.5 |
80.6 |
15-24 |
66.1 |
76.5 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
47.4 |
66.4 |
20-24 |
47.4 |
64.9 |
15-24 |
47.4 |
65.7 |
Note: Using a condom every time they have sexual intercourse |
Percentage of youth age 15-24 who knows that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding AND that MTCT can be prevented by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy |
15-19 |
12.7 |
25.6 |
20-24 |
10.4 |
30.9 |
15-24 |
11.7 |
27.9 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
55.8 |
68.0 |
20-24 |
55.1 |
72.9 |
15-24 |
55.5 |
70.1 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
21.1 |
32.1 |
20-24 |
19.7 |
34.8 |
15-24 |
20.5 |
33.3 |
Note: Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms and having just one uninfected faithful partner can reduce the likelihood of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy looking person can
have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about AIDS transmission and prevention. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
34.2 |
51.7 |
20-24 |
34.2 |
60.0 |
15-24 |
34.2 |
55.3 |
Note: Friends, family members and home are not considered sources of condoms |
6.3 Multiple sex partners |
Percentage of youth who had sex with two partners or more in the 12 months preceding the survey among those who had sex during the period |
15-19 |
0.4 |
3.9 |
20-24 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
15-24 |
0.5 |
4.8 |
6.4 Age mixing |
Percentage of youth age 15-19 who had sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner in last 12 months, with a man who was at least 10 years older than themselves |
15-19 |
0.6 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
1.0 |
3.9 |
20-24 |
3.1 |
13.4 |
15-24 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
6.6 Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex |
Percentage of youth who had sexual intercourse with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner in the 12 months preceding the survey. |
15-19 |
7.2 |
68.0 |
20-24 |
5.1 |
31.0 |
15-24 |
5.8 |
37.4 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
27.1 |
44.0 |
20-24 |
29.3 |
52.0 |
15-24 |
28.4 |
49.4 |