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Kenya’s Youth Today
From the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
There are --- million young people (age 15-24) in Kenya today.
• Inspirational Quote Here
Presentation Outline
• Picture of Kenya’s youth today• Growing up in the shadow of HIV/AIDS• What do young people know about
HIV/AIDS?• Sexual practices• Family planning use• Marital violence, smoking and alcohol• Next Steps
Source of Data
• 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS)
• Fieldwork took place April- Sept. 2003
Number Interviewed
Households 8,561
Women (age 15-49) 8,195
Men (age 15-54) 3,578
Kenya’s Youth Today
Education of Young Women and Men
Greater than national average
Less than national average
51%
43%
81%
70%
44%
47%
11%
47%
Kenya: 53 %
Percent of men and women (15-24) who have completed primary school or more
Education
Age groups
44
65
38
69
15-19 20-24
Percent who have completed primary
school or more
Women Men
Employment
Age groups
29
54
26
70
15-19 20-24
Percent who were employed
at the time of the survey
Women Men
Growing Up in the Shadow of AIDS
HIV Prevalence by Province
Greater than national average
Less than national average
No positive HIV tests
5.3%
4.9%
9.9%
4.9%
5.8%
4.0%
<1%
15.1%
Kenya: 6.7%
HIV Prevalence by Age
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
Women
Men
Age
prev
alen
ce
HIV Prevalence Among Young People (age 15-24)
Greater than national average
Less than national average
No positive HIV tests
3%
2%
4%
4%
3%
1%
<1%
9%
Kenya: 3.6%
HIV Prevalence and Age at First Sex
12
5
9
5
10
56 6
<15 16-17 18-19 20+
WomenMen
Per
cen
t H
IV-p
osi
tive
What Do Young People Know About HIV/AIDS?
Knowledge of Condoms
5968
Women Men
Percent who know that using condoms prevents transmission of HIV/AIDS
Knowledge of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS
71 66
Women Men
Percent who know that HIV can be spread during breastfeeding
Knowledge Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV
30 31
Women Men
Percent who know that taking drugs during pregnancy can reduce transmission risks
Sexual Practices
Sexual Behavior among Youth
• Women: almost half of young women have sex by the time they turn 18. And more than one in ten (13%) have sex by the time they are 15.
• Men: Young men start having sex at an earlier age. Sixty percent had sex by age 18, and a quarter had sex by age 15.
The good news: Young people are waiting longer to start having sex than they did 5 years ago.
Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood
Greater than national average
Less than national average
31%
27%
20%
15%
29%
15%
29%
21%Kenya: 23%
Percent of women age 15-19 who are mothers or pregnant with their first child.
Premarital Sex and Condom Use
182529
41
Had sex in past 12months
Used condom at last sex(among those who had
sex)
Women 15-19 (never married)
Men 15-19 (never married)
Per
cen
t
Multiple Sexual Partners
2 2
7
16
15-19 20-24
Women Men
Percent of all women and men who had more than 1 sexual partnership in the past year
Age
HIV Testing
4 4
9 9
15-19 20-24
Women Men
Percent of all women and men who have ever been tested and received results
Age
Use of Family Planning
Current Use of Family Planning
7
22
5
17
15-19 20-24
Any method Modern method
Percent of all women using a family planning method
Age
Unmet Need for Family Planning
7
1916
15-19 20-24 Allwomen,
15-49
Percent of all women with an unmet need for family planning (either they do not want any more children or want to wait at least 2 years before their next birth but are NOT using a method of family planning)
Age
Violence, Alcohol and Tobacco
Marital Violence
23
37
15
41
Emotional Physical Sexual Physical orsexual
Percent of married and divorced/ separated women, age 20-24 who have experienced violence by their most recent or current husband
Alcohol and Tobacco Use
• One in five men age 20-24 smoke cigarettes.
• Almost one in three men age 20-24 drank alcohol in the month before the survey.
• Young women drink much less frequently than men; only 4% of 20-24 year old women drank alcohol in the month before the survey.
What Does This Mean?
