|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
20-24 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
15-24 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
8.9 |
3.1 |
20-24 |
11.5 |
6.2 |
15-24 |
10.5 |
4.8 |
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 |
82.8 |
85.9 |
20-24 |
84.9 |
86.2 |
15-24 |
83.7 |
86.0 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
91.1 |
95.4 |
20-24 |
94.0 |
92.9 |
15-24 |
92.4 |
94.3 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
83.0 |
91.9 |
20-24 |
86.5 |
90.9 |
15-24 |
84.5 |
91.5 |
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 |
34.2 |
25.1 |
20-24 |
33.6 |
34.1 |
15-24 |
34.0 |
28.9 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
77.8 |
85.9 |
20-24 |
85.9 |
92.6 |
15-24 |
81.2 |
88.7 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge* of AIDS |
15-19 |
32.6 |
33.7 |
20-24 |
35.6 |
48.7 |
15-24 |
33.9 |
40.1 |
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.
* The two most common mis-conceptions used for constructing these indicators are “mosquito bite” and “kissing”
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Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
76.2 |
80.9 |
20-24 |
82.2 |
90.6 |
15-24 |
78.8 |
85.0 |
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 |
2.8 |
27.8 |
20-24 |
3.1 |
38.2 |
15-24 |
3.0 |
33.5 |
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 |
11.0 |
u |
20-24 |
7.8 |
u |
15-24 |
9.2 |
u |
Note: Sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner. UNAIDS indicator. |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
19.5 |
45.2 |
20-24 |
41.3 |
71.1 |
15-24 |
25.3 |
55.0 |
Note: PEPFAR indicator. |
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 |
71.1 |
99.1 |
20-24 |
45.2 |
91.0 |
15-24 |
55.1 |
94.6 |
Note: UNGASS indicator. |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
32.3 |
32.6 |
20-24 |
26.1 |
52.0 |
15-24 |
29.2 |
42.9 |