|
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 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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 |
65.4 |
65.7 |
20-24 |
80.4 |
80.1 |
15-24 |
72.9 |
72.1 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
65.4 |
69.6 |
20-24 |
80.8 |
87.0 |
15-24 |
73.1 |
77.4 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
55.1 |
64.2 |
20-24 |
72.9 |
81.3 |
15-24 |
64.1 |
71.9 |
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 |
56.0 |
44.1 |
20-24 |
62.4 |
69.9 |
15-24 |
59.2 |
55.6 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
19.3 |
6.7 |
20-24 |
26.0 |
25.4 |
15-24 |
22.6 |
15.1 |
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 |
56.5 |
71.6 |
20-24 |
81.0 |
51.0 |
15-24 |
68.8 |
62.4 |
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 |
0.0 |
(17.3) |
20-24 |
0.0 |
38.8 |
15-24 |
0.0 |
34.8 |
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases |
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 |
* |
na |
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that the figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
0.0 |
12.3 |
20-24 |
0.0 |
56.3 |
15-24 |
0.0 |
29.5 |
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 |
0.0 |
(100.0) |
20-24 |
0.4 |
73.0 |
15-24 |
0.4 |
78.1 |
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
* |
(84.2) |
20-24 |
* |
87.1 |
15-24 |
* |
86.4 |
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases
An asterisk (*) indicates that the figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. |