youth country profile
- Rwanda 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 19.3 20.4  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 60.0 81.6  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 60.7 46.5  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 13.3 2.0  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 4.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 17.6 27.2  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 4.7 8.7  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 26.4 39.5 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 2.1 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 50.9 53.6 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 20.9 16.2 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 1.5 0.4  
 


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