Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) with comprehensive, correct knowledge of HIV

Per cent of young women and men 15-24 years old who correctly identify both ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, know that a healthy-looking person can be HIV-positive and reject two most common misconceptions about HIV transmission

Alternate (Display) Name

Knowledge about HIV prevention among young people

Numerator Definition

Number of young women and men 15-24 years old who correctly identify both ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, know that a healthy-looking person can be HIV-positive and reject two most common misconceptions about HIV transmission

Denominator Definition

Number of young people (aged 15-24)

Additional Details

Data source: Nationally-representative population-based surveys

Aggregation method

Population-weighted average among countries reporting

Is Emergency Indicator: No
Is SOWC: Yes
SDG Indicator: N/A
Strategic Plan Indicator: N/A
Custodian: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitoring, UNICEF