Adolescents & HIV/AIDS

Chad

12%

22%

66%

Never in school

Still in school

Not inschoolanymore

Education status

Marital Status

49% 51%Never marriedEver married

25%21%

54%

78%

22%

UrbanRural

Background - Facts about adolescent population 15-19

Boys Girls

Place of residence(total population)

DHS,1996/97

Adolescents & HIV/AIDS

Chad

Three main sources of AIDS information (1)

Boys

Urban 15 y. old

Girls

Urban 19 y. old

Rural 19 y. old

Rural 15 y. old

Urban 15 y. old

Urban 19 y. old

Rural 19 y. old

Rural 15 y. old

Friends/Rel.

Radio

Friends/Rel.

Friends/Rel.

Friends/Rel.

Friends/Rel.

Friends/Rel.

Friends/Rel.

Radio

Friends/Rel.

Radio

Radio

School

School

Community meeting

Community meeting

School

School

Mosque/Church

Community meeting

School

Community meeting

Radio

Radio

1st 2nd 3rd

DHS,1996/97

Adolescents & HIV/AIDS

Chad

Have you ever heard of AIDS?

Boys Girls

Urban

Rural

Yes No

Respondents aged 15-19 years old

DHS,1996/97

Adolescents & HIV/AIDS

Chad

Can a healthy looking person have the AIDS virus?

Boys Girls

Never in school

Still in school

Yes No/Don’t Know

Not in school anymore

% of respondents who know about HIV, aged 15-19 years old

DHS,1996/97

Adolescents & HIV/AIDS

Chad

% adolescents (15-19) with access to mass media

77

9

3

17

0

86

3

1

13

0

0 20 40 60 80 100

No massmedia

Newspaperweekly

Wathtelevision*

Listen toradio*

All 3 media

Boys Girls

Urban

Rural

31

42

32

54

18

40

20

20

51

7

0 20 40 60 80 100

No massmedia

Newspaperweekly

Wathtelevision*

Listen toradio*

All 3 media

Boys Girls

DHS,1996/97