|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20-24 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
15-24 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
20-24 |
4.3 |
1.5 |
15-24 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
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 |
72.0 |
74.9 |
20-24 |
73.8 |
81.8 |
15-24 |
72.9 |
78.0 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
75.0 |
64.1 |
20-24 |
80.8 |
84.9 |
15-24 |
77.8 |
73.4 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
67.1 |
70.5 |
20-24 |
72.8 |
83.4 |
15-24 |
69.9 |
76.3 |
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 |
11.6 |
19.1 |
20-24 |
18.5 |
10.9 |
15-24 |
14.9 |
15.4 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
70.7 |
63.1 |
20-24 |
80.5 |
98.1 |
15-24 |
75.5 |
78.9 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
10.2 |
10.4 |
20-24 |
9.8 |
15.0 |
15-24 |
10.0 |
12.5 |
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 |
32.9 |
34.2 |
20-24 |
46.4 |
41.2 |
15-24 |
39.5 |
37.4 |
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 |
17.6 |
15.9 |
20-24 |
10.3 |
12.7 |
15-24 |
13.2 |
14.3 |
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 |
1.3 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
49.8 |
65.9 |
20-24 |
83.7 |
82.0 |
15-24 |
59.2 |
72.7 |
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 |
79.4 |
100.0 |
20-24 |
46.1 |
98.2 |
15-24 |
59.6 |
99.1 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
19.5 |
22.4 |
20-24 |
20.7 |
26.1 |
15-24 |
20.0 |
24.2 |