youth country profile
- Jordan 2007 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 95.9 u  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 98.2 u  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey u u  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 9.6 u  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 4.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 0.0 u  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months u u  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse u u (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 29.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 12.5 u (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 0.0 u (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated