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Table 11 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

 

Nigeria

Tanzania

Variable

% or prevalence

95% CI

% or prevalence

95% CI

Male

51.02

(44.25, 57.79)

32.36

(18.42, 46.31)

Age in years

14.83

(14.72, 14.94)

15.56

(15.25, 15.88)

Currently enrolled in school

73.11

(68.92, 77.30)

51.46

(40.32, 62.60)

Not living with biological mother

19.99

(16.88, 23.11)

38.16

(29.51, 46.82)

Not living with biological father

26.07

(22.82, 29.33)

48.75

(38.75, 58.75)

Number of children 0–17 years in household

3.44

(3.22, 3.65)

3.99

(3.61, 4.37)

Number of males 18+ in household

1.59

(1.48, 1.71)

0.83

(0.64, 1.02)

Number of females 18+ in household

1.67

(1.56, 1.78)

1.08

(0.89, 1.26)

Female head of household

18.50

(15.65, 21.35)

54.98

(43.54, 66.42)

Poorer wealth quintile

18.68

(15.73, 21.63)

19.25

(10.89, 27.61)

Middle wealth quintile

19.93

(16.90, 22.96)

14.56

(7.80, 21.33)

Richer wealth quintile

22.68

(19.28, 26.08)

17.34

(7.42, 27.25)

Richest wealth quintile

22.63

(18.26, 27.00)

23.58

(10.54, 36.62)

Urban

39.89

(33.34, 46.45)

  

Zanzibar

  

1.05

(0.64, 1.47)

N

1185

 

219

 
  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