youth country profile
- Kenya 2003 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 53.8 51.3  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 80.0 91.8  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 44.8 50.8  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 24.6 2.5  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 23.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 50.7 62.8  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 21.5 40.5  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 25.4 46.8 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 10.6 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 33.8 47.2 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 9.6 7.6 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 5.9 1.3  
 


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