Table 3.
Lifetime prevalence of childhood (< 18 years old) physical, emotional, and sexual violence as reported by 13–24 year old respondents who were ever a restavèk versus never a restavèk, by gender, Violence Against Children Survey, Haiti 2012.
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| Ever a restavèk | Never a restavèk | p value | Odds Ratio (95%CI) | Ever a restavèk | Never a restavèk | p value | Odds Ratio (95%CI) | |
| Any physical violence | 204 (76.8% [70.4–83.2]) | 701 (61.9% [56.5–67.3]) | < 0.0001 | 2.04 (1.40–2.97) | 118 (69.6% [60.2–79.0]) | 813 (62.6% [57.5–67.6]) | 0.1661 | 1.37 (0.88–2.14) |
| Physical violence by a household member | 191 (70.9% [64.2–77.6]) | 658 (57.7% (52.9–62.5]) | 0.0006 | 1.79 (1.25–2.57) | 116 (68.8 [59.3–78.3]) | 776 (59.9% [54.8–65.0]) | 0.0894 | 1.48 (0.94–2.31) |
| Physical violence by a public authority figure | 64 (26.6% [18.5–34.7]) | 235 (21.3% [15.9–26.7]) | 0.1662 | 1.34 (0.87–2.06) | 32a (19.4% [8.0–30.8]) | 310 (23.6% (18.6–28.6)] | 0.4972 | 0.78 (0.37–1.64) |
| Emotional violence | 147 (54.8% [47.2–62.3]) | 380 (33.4% [29.9–36.9]) | < 0.0001 | 2.41 (1.80–3.23) | 89 (51.4% [41.5–61.4]) | 335 (25.7% [22.2–29.2]) | < 0.0001 | 3.06 (1.99–4.70) |
| Any sexual violence | 116 (39.9% [33.2–46.5]) | 294 (26.3% [23.3–29.4]) | 0.0001 | 1.86 (1.34–2.58) | 48 (32.4% [22.6–42.1]) | 281 (20.5% (17.4–23.6]) | 0.0111 | 1.85 (1.12–3.07) |
| Unwanted touching | 79 (26.3% [19.0–33.5]) | 211 (18.8% [15.2–22.1]) | 0.0631 | 1.54 (0.96–2.45) | 34 (25.6% [16.3–34.9]) | 173 (13.5% [10.8–16.1]) | 0.0037 | 2.21 (1.25–3.92) |
| Attempted sex | 71 (27.2% [19.9–34.5]) | 155 (13.0% [10.9–15.2]) | < 0.0001 | 2.49 (1.66–3.76) | 18a (13.0% [5.3–20.7]) | 140 (10.8% [8.5–13.1]) | 0.5862 | 1.24 (0.57–2.69) |
| Pressured sex | 25 (8.3% [4.9–11.7]) | 50 (4.8% [3.0–6.5]) | 0.0295 | 1.82 (1.05–3.16) | 14a (7.1% [2.5–11.7]) | 96 (6.6% [5.0–8.3]) | 0.8527 | 1.07 (0.50–2.29) |
| Forced sex | 26 (6.0% [2.8–9.2]) | 62 (6.4% [4.2–8.6]) | 0.8531 | 0.94 (0.50–1.79) | 10a (5.5% [1.6–9.4]) | 46 (2.8% [1.8–3.8]) | 0.0846 | 2.01 (0.88–4.55) |
Data are absolute number (weighted% [95%CI]). Absolute numbers do not perfectly correspond to percentages because percentages are weighted.
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The relative standard error was more than 30%, the value of estimate may not be stable.