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

BMC Public Health

Table 12 Descriptive Statistics for Help-Seeking Behaviours from Children Experiencing Violence by Type of Violence and Country

		Physical violence
Country		Informal: Disclosure	Formal: Knowledge of where to seek help	Formal: Disclosure	Formal: Help seeking	Formal: Received help
Cambodia	Prevalence	23.13		0.11	0.00
	(95% CI)	(19.26, 27.00)		(−0.11, 0.33)	–
	N	570		570	575
Haiti	Prevalence			7.25
	(95% CI)			(4.85, 9.65)
	N			966
Kenya	Prevalence		13.19		2.26	1.44
	(95% CI)		(10.12, 16.27)		(1.21, 3.31)	(0.57, 2.32)
	N		971		971	971
Malawi	Prevalence	48.69	2.42	24.94	9.53	7.25
	(95% CI)	(44.69, 52.69)	(0.67, 4.17)	(19.51, 30.37)	(5.33, 13.74)	(3.04, 11.45)
	N	823	823	821	821	821
Nigeria	Prevalence	38.43	18.34	1.66	1.65	1.06
	(95% CI)	(34.70, 42.16)	(14.92, 21.76)	(0.71, 2.62)	(0.75, 2.55)	(0.27, 1.84)
	N	1095	1103	1095	1105	1105

Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval; N Number of observations
Notes: ^aEstimates are n (weighted %) or prevalence (95% Confidence Interval)
^bData comes from a nationally representative sample of children aged 13–17 years from Violence Against Children Surveys
^cCambodia did not ask questions on knowledge of where to seek formal help or on receiving formal help
^dIn Haiti, informal disclosure was asked for experience of sexual violence only. Due to the wording of questions, we were unable to parse out formal disclosure from receiving help for experience of physical violence. Haiti did not ask questions on knowledge of where to seek help
^eIn Kenya, disclosure, both formal and informal, was asked for experience of sexual violence only
^fIn Tanzania, help seeking questions were asked for experience of sexual violence only and are therefore not included in this table (as they are listed in Table 2). Questions on knowledge of where to seek formal help were not asked

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