Table 2.
Prevalence of emotional abuse, neglect and physical hardship in rural South African youth
| Never | Women Sometimes |
Often/v.often | Never | Men Sometimes |
Often/v.often | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Emotional neglect | ||||||
| Any form of emotional neglect | 825 (58.4%) | 317 (22.4%) | 272 (19.2%) | 825 (60.4%) | 330 (24.2%) | 211 (15.5%) |
| I lived in different households at different times |
991 (70.0%) | 350 (24.7%) | 74 (5.2%) | 961 (70.4%) | 354 (25.9%) | 51 (3.7%) |
| I spent time outside the home and none of the adults at home knew where I was |
1219 (86.2%) | 138 (9.8%) | 57 (4.0%) | 1222 (89.4%) | 114 (8.3%) | 31 (2.3%) |
| One or both of my parents were too drunk to take care of me |
1211 (85.6%) | 156 (11.0%) | 48 (3.4%) | 1193 (87.3%) | 129 (9.4%) | 45 (3.3%) |
| Emotional abuse | ||||||
| Any form of emotional abuse | 641 (45.3%) | 450 (31.8%) | 324 (22.9%) | 596 (43.6%) | 469 (34.3%) | 301 (22.0%) |
| I saw or heard by mother beaten by her husband or boyfriend |
911 (64.4%) | 459 (32.4%) | 45 (3.2%) | 760 (55.6%) | 546 (40.0%) | 60 (4.4%) |
| I was told I was lazy or stupid or ugly by someone in my family |
1227 (86.7%) | 166 (11.7%) | 22 (1.6%) | 1233 (90.2%) | 118 (8.6%) | 16 (1.2%) |
| I was insulted or humiliated by someone in my family in front of other people |
982 (69.4%) | 365 (25.8%) | 68 (4.8%) | 1041 (76.2%) | 291 (21.3%) | 35 (2.5%) |
| Physical hardship | ||||||
| Any form of physical hardship | 626 (44.2%) | 295 (20.8%) | 494 (35.0%) | 726 (53.2%) | 356 (26.0%) | 285 (20.8%) |
| I was not washed | 1011 (71.4%) | 335 (23.7%) | 69 (4.9%) | 1153 (84.3%) | 180 (13.2%) | 32 (2.5%) |
| My clothes were very dirty | 1178 (83.3%) | 196 (13.9%) | 41 (2.9%) | 1276 (93.3%) | 81 (6.0%) | 10 (0.7%) |
| I was never warm enough | 945 (66.8%) | 427 (30.2%) | 43 (3.0%) | 903 (66.1%) | 433 (31.7%) | 31 (2.2%) |
| I did not have enough to eat | 996 (70.4%) | 349 (24.7%) | 70 (4.9%) | 1127 (82.4%) | 206 (15.1%) | 34 (2.5%) |