-UN report
Young Guyanese men, between the ages of 15 and 24, were twice as likely as young women to have high-risk sex with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner over the last year, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ‘State of the World Population’ report.
The report, ‘By Choice, Not By Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development,’ which is being launched today globally, said 81% of young Guyanese men are likelier to engage in such behaviour, compared with 40% of young Guyanese females from the same age group.
Only the Dominican Republic and Haiti had higher rates among countries in the Caribbean according to the report, which listed the figure on a