Abstract: : TThe present paper shows that more than 65 per cent-married adolescents and youth (below aged 25years) in Madhya Pradesh are not even aware of HIV/AIDS. Almost 36 per cent married adolescents in Madhya Pradesh are not aware of the fact that multiple sex partners can be a cause of HIV/AIDS.

* Ph.D Scholar, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai. E-mail: sandip.tripura78@gmail.com

* Research Officer, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai. E-mail: ajeetvishen@yahoo.co.in

* Professor and Head, Dept. of Fertility Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai