|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
20-24 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
15-24 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
20-24 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
15-24 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
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 |
81.4 |
85.7 |
20-24 |
84.8 |
91.6 |
15-24 |
82.8 |
88.2 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
84.0 |
85.9 |
20-24 |
88.9 |
90.3 |
15-24 |
86.0 |
87.7 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
72.9 |
77.5 |
20-24 |
76.3 |
87.7 |
15-24 |
74.3 |
81.8 |
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 |
6.7 |
11.4 |
20-24 |
9.2 |
12.9 |
15-24 |
7.7 |
12.0 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
47.3 |
57.9 |
20-24 |
51.9 |
73.3 |
15-24 |
49.2 |
64.4 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
16.8 |
20.2 |
20-24 |
17.1 |
26.4 |
15-24 |
16.9 |
22.8 |
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 |
43.8 |
61.4 |
20-24 |
42.8 |
80.3 |
15-24 |
43.4 |
69.3 |
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 |
5.1 |
31.6 |
20-24 |
3.1 |
34.7 |
15-24 |
4.1 |
33.4 |
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 |
12.5 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
31.8 |
40.7 |
20-24 |
52.9 |
74.9 |
15-24 |
35.6 |
52.9 |
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 |
47.1 |
99.8 |
20-24 |
24.1 |
91.2 |
15-24 |
36.0 |
94.8 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
24.3 |
34.0 |
20-24 |
28.9 |
39.7 |
15-24 |
25.8 |
37.2 |