SIB: “3 in 5 persons age 15-24 have had sexual intercourse.”

BBN Staff:   In 2015 the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) released a publication on key sexual indicators for the country’s young men and women.

The publication revealed that 3 in every 5 persons aged 15-24 had experienced sexual intercourse.

Additionally, 1 in every 20 females aged 15 to 24 had engaged in sex before age 15.

For the same age span, it revealed that 3 in every 20 males had sex before age 15.

We note that the legal minimum age for consensual sexual intercourse is age 16.

The publication further revealed that 1 in every 50 females aged 15 to 24 had engaged in sex with more than one partner within 12 months. For males in the same age grouping, 1 in every 10 had engaged in sex with more than one partner within the last 12 months.

According to the publication, 3 in every 5 of those females in the age group, reported that a condom was used the last time they had sex. For males, 7 in every 10 reported using condoms.

This publication then provided an insight into the population’s sexual health, in which it was revealed that of persons aged 15-49 about 45.8% of females had a comprehensive knowledge of the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This is in contrast to 46.5% of males.

Of those who had a knowledge of the transmission of HIV, 25.4% of females claimed to have been tested and knew the results while only 21.8% of males claimed the same.

 

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