Table 8. Reported knowledge about GBV including sexual violence against children.
Baseline | Follow-up | Odds-ratio of follow-up to baseline prevalence among control clusters (time effect) |
Odds-ratio of intervention to control clusters prevalence at follow-up (intervention effect) |
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Interv’n | Control | Interv’n | Control | Est. OR | 95% CI | p valuea | Est. OR | 95% CI | p valuea |
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Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | |||||||
Freq/N | Freq/N | Freq/N | Freq/N | |||||||
Prevalence of reported knowledge | ||||||||||
Familiarity with Tanzania laws and policies on GBV and VAC | 16.5 | 17.8 | 24.6 | 11.7 | 0.61 | 0.45–0.83 | 0.002 | 2.71 | 1.85–3.98 | <0.001 |
108/655 | 115/642 | 154/623 | 73/624 | |||||||
Prevalence of reported agreement with the following statements about sexual violence against children | ||||||||||
Only girls are sexually abused | 48.8 | 41.7 | 34.7 | 45.2 | 1.11 | 0.89–1.39 | 0.340 | 0.52 | 0.38–0.70 | <0.001 |
319/653 | 268/643 | 217/625 | 282/623 | |||||||
A child is sexually abused only when sexual intercourse has taken place | 46.6 | 42.3 | 36.6 | 48.9 | 1.28 | 1.03–1.59 | 0.030 | 0.51 | 0.37–0.69 | <0.001 |
306/656 | 272/642 | 229/625 | 304/622 | |||||||
When a child is sexually abused, the abuser is rarely a family member | 38.0 | 37.5 | 30.4 | 39.6 | 1.09 | 0.88–.35 | 0.438 | 0.65 | 0.49– .88 | 0.004 |
249/656 | 241/642 | 190/624 | 247/623 | |||||||
It is not possible for children under 10 years of age to experience sexual abuse | 35.2 | 35.6 | 27.7% | 36.2 | 1.03 | 0.83–1.28 | 0.802 | 0.68 | 0.51–0.91 | 0.010 |
230/653 | 229/643 | 173/624 | 226/623 | |||||||
Children from reputable families do not experience sexual abuse | 24.7 | 25.5 | 21.3 | 26.7 | 1.06 | 0.83–1.35 | 0.638 | 0.77 | 0.55–1.07 | 0.116 |
162/656 | 164/643 | 133/623 | 166/622 |
a p values are based on a GLMM with cluster-specific baseline prevalence equal to the true baseline prevalence plus a random effect for all clusters including those randomized to the intervention.