|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
8.2 |
3.5 |
20-24 |
8.9 |
8.6 |
15-24 |
8.6 |
6.7 |
Note: Among youth who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months |
6.2 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS |
Percentage of youth who knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS: |
-abstaining from sexual intercourse |
15-19 |
89.4 |
84.6 |
20-24 |
92.5 |
89.2 |
15-24 |
90.8 |
86.6 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
87.9 |
77.6 |
20-24 |
90.3 |
85.7 |
15-24 |
89.1 |
81.1 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
73.1 |
75.2 |
20-24 |
81.6 |
83.6 |
15-24 |
77.1 |
78.8 |
Note: Using a condom every time they have sexual intercourse |
Percentage of youth age 15-24 who knows that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding AND that MTCT can be prevented by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy |
15-19 |
25.4 |
25.4 |
20-24 |
32.7 |
30.5 |
15-24 |
28.9 |
27.6 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
74.8 |
77.1 |
20-24 |
81.5 |
81.7 |
15-24 |
78.0 |
79.1 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
40.9 |
33.3 |
20-24 |
50.1 |
49.4 |
15-24 |
45.2 |
40.3 |
Note: Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms and having just one uninfected faithful partner can reduce the likelihood of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy looking person can have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about AIDS transmission and prevention. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
69.6 |
84.4 |
20-24 |
84.0 |
89.6 |
15-24 |
76.4 |
86.7 |
Note: Friends, family members and home are not considered sources of condoms |
6.3 Multiple sex partners |
Percentage of youth who had sex with two partners or more in the 12 months preceding the survey among those who had sex during the period |
15-19 |
4.8 |
26.5 |
20-24 |
5.0 |
37.1 |
15-24 |
5.0 |
33.2 |
6.4 Age mixing |
Percentage of youth age 15-19 who had sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner in last 12 months, with a man who was at least 10 years older than themselves |
15-19 |
6.9 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
22.5 |
32.8 |
20-24 |
51.1 |
63.4 |
15-24 |
29.0 |
43.2 |
6.6 Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex |
Percentage of youth who had sexual intercourse with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner in the 12 months preceding the survey. |
15-19 |
41.5 |
98.1 |
20-24 |
21.6 |
73.9 |
15-24 |
28.9 |
82.8 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
40.0 |
39.0 |
20-24 |
37.0 |
50.5 |
15-24 |
38.6 |
45.5 |