|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
20-24 |
7.5 |
2.5 |
15-24 |
4.8 |
1.4 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
5.1 |
3.9 |
20-24 |
6.4 |
7.3 |
15-24 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
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 |
76.3 |
81.7 |
20-24 |
77.3 |
83.0 |
15-24 |
76.8 |
82.3 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
78.5 |
82.0 |
20-24 |
83.6 |
87.6 |
15-24 |
80.8 |
84.5 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
70.3 |
80.7 |
20-24 |
72.2 |
85.6 |
15-24 |
71.2 |
82.8 |
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 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
65.5 |
71.5 |
20-24 |
70.5 |
82.8 |
15-24 |
67.8 |
76.4 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
26.5 |
33.8 |
20-24 |
28.4 |
35.3 |
15-24 |
27.4 |
34.5 |
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 |
59.3 |
u |
20-24 |
64.3 |
u |
15-24 |
61.6 |
u |
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 |
11.2 |
35.1 |
20-24 |
9.9 |
45.3 |
15-24 |
10.4 |
41.4 |
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 |
2.6 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
26.5 |
31.3 |
20-24 |
60.0 |
69.1 |
15-24 |
34.1 |
45.2 |
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 |
55.7 |
96.6 |
20-24 |
36.2 |
86.8 |
15-24 |
44.2 |
90.5 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
47.4 |
55.8 |
20-24 |
45.4 |
58.4 |
15-24 |
46.5 |
57.4 |