|
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 |
15.2 |
11.2 |
20-24 |
22.0 |
12.7 |
15-24 |
20.3 |
12.1 |
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 |
64.3 |
81.6 |
20-24 |
65.2 |
87.8 |
15-24 |
64.7 |
84.1 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
79.4 |
87.5 |
20-24 |
83.3 |
91.0 |
15-24 |
81.1 |
88.9 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
77.0 |
87.5 |
20-24 |
82.4 |
92.4 |
15-24 |
79.4 |
89.5 |
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 |
74.0 |
76.9 |
20-24 |
79.7 |
84.1 |
15-24 |
76.5 |
79.8 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
u |
u |
20-24 |
u |
u |
15-24 |
u |
u |
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 |
87.1 |
93.0
|
20-24 |
93.5 |
97.6 |
15-24 |
89.9 |
94.8 |
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 |
7.5
|
33.2 |
20-24 |
4.0 |
25.1 |
15-24 |
4.9 |
28.4 |
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 |
4.4 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
10.8 |
39.1 |
20-24 |
36.3 |
82.9 |
15-24 |
17.4 |
54.1 |
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 |
56.2 |
96.2 |
20-24 |
28.5 |
74.3 |
15-24 |
35.5 |
83.2 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
48.7
|
68.7 |
20-24 |
40.7 |
57.8 |
15-24 |
43.9 |
62.9 |