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Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
7.8 |
2.3 |
20-24 |
24.2 |
11.3 |
15-24 |
15.4 |
6.0 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
4.2 |
1.6 |
20-24 |
8.9 |
4.4 |
15-24 |
7.2 |
3.2 |
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 |
74.8 |
75.4 |
20-24 |
78.3 |
72.0 |
15-24 |
76.4 |
74.0 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
77.0 |
68.7 |
20-24 |
81.1 |
76.7 |
15-24 |
78.9 |
71.9 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
73.1 |
69.7 |
20-24 |
76.4 |
71.8 |
15-24 |
74.7 |
70.6 |
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 |
32.5 |
26.3 |
20-24 |
41.5 |
35.6 |
15-24 |
36.7 |
30.0 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
66.2 |
58.6 |
20-24 |
75.7 |
72.6 |
15-24 |
70.6 |
64.3 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge* of AIDS |
15-19 |
26.5 |
18.6 |
20-24 |
26.3 |
19.3 |
15-24 |
26.4 |
18.9 |
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 misconceptions 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 |
52.1 |
59.1 |
20-24 |
76.1 |
75.3 |
15-24 |
63.1 |
65.7 |
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 |
8.5 |
31.3 |
20-24 |
9.0 |
38.2 |
15-24 |
8.8 |
35.2 |
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 |
7.7 |
na |
20-24 |
7.0 |
na |
15-24 |
7.3 |
na |
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 |
20.7 |
37.1 |
20-24 |
46.1 |
67.6 |
15-24 |
28.2 |
47.7 |
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 |
53.8 |
97.1 |
20-24 |
35.5 |
83.3 |
15-24 |
41.9 |
89.2 |
Note: UNGASS indicator. |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
48.3 |
u |
20-24 |
51.6 |
u |
15-24 |
50.1 |
u |