youth country profile
- Senegal 2005 DHS - Age 15-24
Indicator Women Men Notes
Percentage of youth with completed primary education 21.6 37.6  
Percentage of youth exposed to at least one media source (newspaper, radio, television) at least once a week 89.1 58.3  
Percentage of youth employed in the 12 months preceding the survey 32.1 55.3  
Percentage of youth (age 20-24) married by age 18 39.0 10.0  
Percentage of youth (age 15-19) who have begun childbearing 18.9 na (*)
Percentage of youth (age 18-24) who had sexual intercourse before age 18 36.4 37.3  
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months 2.1 20.9  
Percentage of youth who used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sexual intercourse 35.6 52.4 (*)
Percentage of youth currently using a modern method of family planning 3.3 na (*)
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS 19.3 23.7 (*)
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in past 12 months 1.2 1.2 (*)
Percentage of youth HIV positive 0.5 0.1  
 


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