|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
6.2 |
3.1 |
20-24 |
16.3 |
5.8 |
15-24 |
11.0 |
4.2 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
6.8 |
3.8 |
20-24 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
15-24 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
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 |
77.7 |
84.4 |
20-24 |
79.9 |
87.4 |
15-24 |
78.7 |
85.7 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
76.7 |
81.3 |
20-24 |
80.5 |
84.7 |
15-24 |
78.5 |
82.8 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
67.8 |
75.9 |
20-24 |
77.5 |
83.0 |
15-24 |
72.4 |
79.0 |
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 |
41.7 |
33.2 |
20-24 |
55.0 |
41.4 |
15-24 |
48.0 |
36.7 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
81.0 |
85.0 |
20-24 |
86.6 |
93.3 |
15-24 |
83.7 |
88.6 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
39.8 |
41.8 |
20-24 |
46.6 |
49.4 |
15-24 |
43.0 |
45.1 |
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 |
59.9 |
69.4 |
20-24 |
73.6 |
61.9 |
15-24 |
66.5 |
66.1 |
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 |
2.8 |
15.2 |
20-24 |
1.4 |
21.7 |
15-24 |
1.8 |
19.8 |
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 |
15-17 |
3.7 |
na |
18-19 |
6.3 |
na |
15-19 |
5.4 |
na |
Note: Sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner. UNAIDS indicator. |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
7.6 |
17.5 |
20-24 |
27.1 |
46.2 |
15-24 |
12.5 |
28.1 |
Note: PEPFAR indicator. |
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 |
24.8 |
96.5 |
20-24 |
13.8 |
69.9 |
15-24 |
17.1 |
77.5 |
Note: UNGASS indicator. |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
40.1 |
53.3 |
20-24 |
41.3 |
75.1 |
15-24 |
40.8 |
67.3 |