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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 


The World's Youth - 2006 Data Sheet

            
Lori Ashford, Donna Clifton, and Toshiko Kaneda

The Population Reference Bureau, 2006

 

Available online as PDF file [20p.] at: http://www.prb.org/pdf06/WorldsYouth2006DataSheet.pdf 

 

The datasheet, which provides a comprehensive portrait of the well-being of youth (people ages 10-24) across the globe, shows that many of these young people are at great risk for health problems ranging from sexually transmitted infections to complications from smoking.

 

Just a minority of young people can correctly identify two ways to avoid getting HIV/AIDS, and adolescents are less likely than young adults worldwide to use contraceptives-including only 4 percent of women ages 15-19 in Burkina Faso and 14 percent in Vietnam. Meanwhile, youth in developing countries continue to use tobacco products at increasing rates: Approximately one in every five males ages 13 to 15 in southern Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia already smoke.

 

Youth 2006 Data Sheet contains indicators such as the current and projected size of youth populations as well as measurements of their educational enrollments, labor force participation, marriage and fertility, health behaviors, and use of health services. Some of its other findings include:

 

*           More than one in every four persons in the world are youth. 

*           Nearly 70 percent of youth live in less developed countries.

*           In these countries, the number of youth will continue to rise for another 30 years, while in more developed countries, both the proportion and number of 
            youth are projected to fall, creating a different set of economic and social challenges. 

 

Copies are free of charge to those working in developing countries and can be requested by sending an email to prborders at prb.org. Funding for the data sheet has been provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development.



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