Table 5 Violence exposures and mental health among girls aged 10–19 years in the study area
10–14 years | 15–19 years | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
VIOLENCE | ||||||
Any form of violence in the past year (n = 3288) | 836 | 47.6 | 569 | 37.2 | 1405 | 42.7 |
Emotional violence in past year (n = 3293) | 767 | 43.5 | 543 | 35.5 | 1310 | 39.8 |
Physical violence in past year (n = 3299) | 325 | 18.4 | 135 | 8.8 | 460 | 13.9 |
Sexual violence in past year (n = 3323) | 6 | 0.3 | 17 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.7 |
Perpetrators of emotional, physical or sexual violence in last year a | ||||||
Parents (n = 1405) | 621 | 74.3 | 356 | 62.6 | 977 | 69.5 |
Sibling (n = 1405) | 374 | 44.7 | 235 | 41.3 | 609 | 43.3 |
Husband (n = 1405) | 2 | 0.2 | 59 | 10.4 | 61 | 4.3 |
Parent in-law (n = 1402) | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.1 | 40 | 2.9 |
Other relative (n = 1405) | 293 | 35 | 227 | 39.9 | 520 | 37 |
Unrelated child/adolescent (n = 1405) | 232 | 27.8 | 91 | 16 | 323 | 23 |
Employer (n = 1405) | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 7 | 0.5 |
Teacher (n = 1405) | 55 | 6.6 | 14 | 2.5 | 69 | 4.9 |
Unrelated adult (n = 1405) | 75 | 9 | 41 | 7.2 | 116 | 8.3 |
Sought medical attention as a result of violence (n = 597) | 29 | 7.5 | 22 | 10.4 | 51 | 8.5 |
Societal violence in past year (n = 3084) | 132 | 8.1 | 132 | 9.1 | 264 | 8.6 |
Seen or overheard parents/guardians shouting at each other (n = 3324) | 1005 | 56.4 | 777 | 50.4 | 1782 | 53.6 |
Seen or overheard father hit or beat mother (n = 3324) | 503 | 28.2 | 320 | 20.8 | 823 | 24.8 |
Seen or overheard mother hit or beat father (n = 3324) | 201 | 11.3 | 87 | 5.6 | 288 | 8.7 |
MENTAL HEALTH | ||||||
Answered ‘Somewhat true’ or ‘Very true’ to all BPC items (n = 3131) | 41 | 2.4 | 23 | 1.6 | 64 | 2.0 |
Answered ‘Somewhat true’ or ‘Very true’ to all externalising BPC items (n = 3131) b | 71 | 4.2 | 38 | 2.6 | 109 | 3.5 |
Answered ‘Somewhat true’ or ‘Very true’ to all internalising items (n = 3131) c | 207 | 12.3 | 174 | 12.0 | 381 | 12.2 |
Seriously considered suicide in past year (n = 3324) | 66 | 3.7 | 97 | 6.3 | 163 | 4.9 |
Made a suicide plan in past year (n = 163) | 34 | 51.5 | 60 | 61.9 | 94 | 57.7 |
No. of times attempted suicide in past year (n = 163) | ||||||
Never | 14 | 21.2 | 16 | 16.5 | 30 | 18.4 |
1 time | 21 | 31.8 | 40 | 41.2 | 61 | 37.4 |
2 or 3 times | 30 | 45.5 | 27 | 27.8 | 57 | 35.0 |
4 or 5 times | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8.2 | 8 | 4.9 |
6 or more times | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 6.2 | 7 | 4.3 |
Think parents or guardians understand problems (n = 3324) | ||||||
Never | 192 | 10.8 | 149 | 9.7 | 341 | 10.3 |
Rarely | 162 | 9.1 | 105 | 6.8 | 267 | 8.0 |
Sometimes | 171 | 9.6 | 136 | 8.8 | 307 | 9.2 |
Most of the time | 384 | 21.5 | 315 | 20.4 | 699 | 21.0 |
Always | 873 | 49.0 | 837 | 54.3 | 1710 | 51.4 |
Has close friends (n = 3324) | 1553 | 87.1 | 1191 | 77.2 | 2744 | 82.6 |