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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Nov 26;51:172–180. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.018

Table 2.

Sexual violence experience among adolescent girls aged 15–17 years by survey, weighted

Country (year) Overall (%) Both Parents Alive and in Household (%) Orphanhood Parental Absence
Maternal Orphan (%) Paternal Orphan (%) Double Orphan (%) Mother Living but Absent (%) Father Living but Absent (%)
Cameroon (2011) 17.7 17.2 11.1 23.8 10.2 19.9 18.1
Cote d’Ivoire (2005) 8.6 4.5 9.1 14.5 3.7 9.7 13.3
Gabon (2012) 13.7 15.4 27.0 8.3 2.8 19.0 13.4
Ghana (2008) 12.9 9.6 6.1 54.1 0 13.5 8.2
Liberia (2007) 11.4 10.9 35.8 3.1 7.6 11.3 13.0
Malawi (2010) 13.1 12.0 23.4 7.2 20.7 14.9 16.1
Mozambique (2011) 8.0 2.3 18.2 16.7 4.1 9.1 10.0
Nigeria (2008) 6.2 5.1 5.8 9.9 18.9 6.9 5.9
Rwanda (2005) 6.5 4.3 2.1 4.9 8.2 17.2 11.8
Rwanda (2010) 10.7 6.7 8.0 13.0 11.0 12.7 14.6
Tanzania (2010) 11.4 6.9 7.3 6.1 15.0 15.0 18.9
Uganda (2006) 16.5 5.9 0 27.1 10.5 24.1 23.3
Uganda (2011 DHS) 15.6 20.2 0 14.5 25.9 8.6 9.9
Uganda (2011 AIS) 8.9 4.5 11.9 6.0 11.3 14.7 12.9
Zambia (2007) 14.1 15.4 4.8 10.1 10.6 16.4 17.2
Zimbabwe (2005–6) 12.6 8.3 11.7 13.2 11.1 15.2 14.1
Zimbabwe (2010–11) 13.4 3.3 30.7 18.4 14.9 19.8 17.6
*

among those who report experiencing any sexual violence only;

survey does not include the lifeme sexual abuse queson;

survey does not include the forced sexual debut question; survey does not include additional intimate partner violence questions