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Table 10 Descriptive Statistics for Background Characteristics From Children Experiencing Physical and/or Sexual Violence in the Violence Against Children Surveys by Country

From: Disclosure, reporting and help seeking among child survivors of violence: a cross-country analysis

 

Kenya

Malawi

Variable

% or prevalence

95% CI

% or prevalence

95% CI

Male

51.95

(42.55, 61.35)

53.91

(41.96, 65.85)

Age in years

14.93

(14.80, 15.06)

14.75

(14.63, 14.88)

Currently enrolled in school

84.47

(81.18, 87.76)

85.17

(81.00, 89.33)

Not living with biological mother

21.13

(17.00, 25.26)

28.95

(24.87, 33.04)

Not living with biological father

42.29

(37.69, 46.89)

49.24

(44.32, 54.17)

Number of children 0–17 years in household

2.44

(2.27, 2.60)

3.52

(3.34, 3.71)

Number of males 18+ in household (adults in Kenya)

0.81

(0.69, 0.94)

1.22

(1.12, 1.32)

Number of females 18+ in household

  

1.37

(1.27, 1.46)

Female head of household

41.93

(37.68, 46.18)

43.16

(37.40, 48.93)

Poorer wealth quintile

19.63

(15.88, 23.39)

20.12

(16.35, 23.89)

Middle wealth quintile

19.80

(15.98, 23.63)

24.60

(19.67, 29.53)

Richer wealth quintile

19.42

(15.78, 23.05)

21.82

(17.32, 26.32)

Richest wealth quintile

18.67

(14.43, 22.90)

17.39

(12.28, 22.51)

Urban

17.78

(10.68, 24.89)

16.30

(9.50, 23.09)

N

1005

 

864

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval; N Number of observations
  2. Notes: aEstimates are n (weighted %) or prevalence (95% Confidence Interval)
  3. bData comes from a nationally representative sample of children aged 13–17 years from Violence Against Children Surveys
  4. cSamples from male and female respondents are combined due to low overall help seeking rates within subsamples
  5. dWealth quintiles are from indices created through factor analysis of household assets and dwelling characteristics, similar to standard methodology from the Demographic and Health Surveys and are age-group specific
  6. eIn Kenya, the number of adults and children in household refer to the number of adults and children in the same sleeping areas as the respondent