youth country profile
- Niger 2006 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 10.7 24.9  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 47.5 70.3  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 80.6 65.8  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 74.5 6.2  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 39.3 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 72.5 22.3  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 1.9 10.1  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 17.8 36.9 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 2.7 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 13.4 15.9 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 1.0 1.6 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.5 0.1  
 


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