youth country profile
- Madagascar 2003-2004 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 44.8 41.1  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 62.5 66.4  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 67.2 69.7  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 38.8 10.9  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 34.0 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 60.6 51.9  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 32.0 49.9  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 5.4 12.2 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 9.7 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 19.4 15.7 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months u u (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated