|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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 |
0.0 * |
0.0 ** |
20-24 |
0.0 * |
0.0 ** |
15-24 |
0.0 * |
0.0 ** |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
22.0 * |
42.7 ** |
20-24 |
31.7 * |
46.3 ** |
15-24 |
29.8 * |
46.2 ** |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
17.6 * |
14.6 ** |
20-24 |
24.6 * |
37.9 ** |
15-24 |
23.2 * |
37.3 ** |
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 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
6.8 * |
5.0 ** |
20-24 |
7.1 * |
5.1 ** |
15-24 |
7.0 * |
5.1 ** |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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. |
Note: An asterisk(*) indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
24.4 * |
u |
20-24 |
36.9 * |
u |
15-24 |
34.4 * |
u |
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 |
2.2 * |
14.4 ** |
20-24 |
1.4 |
12.6 |
15-24 |
1.7 |
13.2 |
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 |
u |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |