youth country profile
- Moldova 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 99.6 99.0  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 98.1 97.9  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 28.8 36.6  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 18.9 0.9  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 6.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 23.8 55.5  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 17.4 54.1  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 43.9 62.9 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 17.4 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS u u (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 20.3 12.1 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive u u  
 


na not applicable u data not collected or cannot be calculated