|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
10.1 |
1.9 |
20-24 |
38.4 |
12.3 |
15-24 |
22.7 |
5.9 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
22.5 |
4.3 |
20-24 |
30.8 |
7.3 |
15-24 |
27.9 |
6.5 |
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 |
93.4 |
92.8 |
20-24 |
94.2 |
93.9 |
15-24 |
93.8 |
93.2 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
90.7 |
89.2 |
20-24 |
94.2 |
92.6 |
15-24 |
92.3 |
90.6 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
86.9 |
86.4 |
20-24 |
91.0 |
88.3 |
15-24 |
88.7 |
87.1 |
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 |
67.1 |
60.5 |
20-24 |
80.6 |
62.0 |
15-24 |
73.2 |
61.1 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
94.6 |
93.5 |
20-24 |
97.7 |
97.0 |
15-24 |
96.0 |
94.9 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
52.0 |
50.4 |
20-24 |
52.2 |
55.2 |
15-24 |
52.1 |
52.3 |
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 |
80.3 |
84.2 |
20-24 |
91.7 |
93.8 |
15-24 |
85.4 |
88.1 |
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 |
3.8 |
25.7 |
20-24 |
3.8 |
29.5 |
15-24 |
3.8 |
28.5 |
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 |
7.1 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
30.4 |
14.6 |
20-24 |
69.4 |
59.9 |
15-24 |
44.7 |
31.8 |
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 |
82.2 |
97.5 |
20-24 |
61.0 |
90.0 |
15-24 |
68.5 |
91.9 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
51.5 |
68.8 |
20-24 |
55.3 |
71.1 |
15-24 |
53.7 |
70.4 |