Region VII Youth Today: Risk Behavior of Young People in Central Visayas

• The proportion of women who have begun childbearing increases with age, i.e., from 2.1 percent among those aged 15 to 35.7 percent among those aged 19. The level of teenage fertility in Region VII is the below the national level. HIV-AIDS • As of 2013, only 83.3 percent of Region VII youth have heard of AIDS. Such proportion is the same level as the national. • Misconceptions about HIV transmission are common among Region VII youth. sk of HIV ○ 64.0 percent agree that the risk of HIV transmission can be reduced by having sex with only one uninfected partner who has no other sexual partners. o 54.9 percent agree that the risk of HIV transmission can be reduced by using a condom every time they have sex. ○ 60.5 percent agree that a healthy-looking person can have HIV. o 71.1 percent agree that a person cannot get HIV from mosquito bites. o 42.6 percent agree that a person cannot get HIV by sharing food with someone who is infected. o 36.9 percent think that AIDS is curable. • 61.9 percent of the youth feel invincible to AIDS, i.e., they think there is no chance of them getting AIDS. DRDF Incorporated 1983 YAFS 4 ALITY STUDY For more information: Email: [email protected] Website: Facebook: http://www.drdf.org.ph/yafs4 www.facebook.com/yafs4

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