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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Soc Welf. 2018 Jan 4;5(1):39–47. doi: 10.1007/s40609-017-0107-3

Table 4.

(a)
Self-esteem
Low-Average self-esteem
N=156
High self-esteem
N=35
N (%) N (%) p-value
Relationship to Perpetrator
Stranger 59 (77.6) 17 (22.4) 0.652
Acquaintance 86 (84.2) 16 (15.8)
Non Parental care giver 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
Biological Parent 9 (88.9) 1 (11.1)
Perpetrators Acts
Vagina Anal Penetration 140 (82.4) 30 (17.6) 0.812
Touching the Genitals 8 (72.7) 3 (27.3)
What perpetrator made victim to do
Nothing 10 (66.7) 5 (33.3) 0.365
Touching Genitals 143 (83.1) 29 (16.9)
Oral Copulation 3 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
Frequency of abuse
Once 68 (73.9) 24 (26.1) 0.001
Twice 33 (86.8) 5 (13.2)
Three Times 30 (100.0) 0 (.0)
Four Times 16 (100.0) 0 (.0)
More than Four times 9 (60.0) 6 (40.0)
How long ago did the abuse take place
Days 28 (66.7) 14 (33.3) 0.005
Weeks 4 (100.0) 0 (.0)
Months 110 (85.3) 19 (14.7)
Years 14 (86.7) 2 (13.3)
First person to tell of Abuse
Mother 116 (82.9) 24 (17.1) 0.538
Father 5 (71.4) 2 (28.6)
Guardian 8 (100.0) 0 (.0)
Friend 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0)
Teacher 10 (83.3) 2 (16.7)
None 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0)
(b): Self- esteem in relation to sexual abuse against children profile
Self-esteem
Low-Average self-esteem
N=156
High self-esteem
N=35
N (%) N (%) p-value
How long before Sharing
Same Day of Abuse 91 (84.3) 17 (15.7) 0.772
One Day after the Abuse 36 (78.3) 10 (21.7)
One Week after the Abuse 6 (75.0) 2 (25.0)
One Month after the Abuse 23 (77.8) 6 (22.2)
First place to be taken
Hospital 130 (82.3) 28 (17.7) 0.526
Chief’s Camp 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0)
Police Station 22 (78.6) 6 (21.4)
How long before receiving medical attention
Within 1 Hour 109 (87.2) 16 (12.8) 0.001
Within 2 Hours 13 (100.0) 0 (.0)
Within 12 Hours 21 (72.4) 8 (27.6)
Within 48 Hours 2 (40.0) 3 60.0
Within 72 Hours 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
After 72 hours 9 (56.3) 7 (43.8)
How did you cope with school work
Finishing Homework 110 (82.7) 23 (17.3) 0.621
Not Finishing Homework 46 (79.6) 12 (20.4)
School success
Yes 146 (85.4) 25 (14.6) <0.0001
No 10 (43.8) 10 (56.3)
Used school to escape from abuse
Yes 143 (83.6) 28 (16.4) 0.01
No 13 (58.8) 7 (41.2)