TABLE 1. Violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean: summary of available data that met inclusion criteria, from first record to December 2015.

Available data	Number of estimates	Number of countries	Number of surveys
Total	1 449	34	72
Sex
Male	576	31	56
Female	873	34	70
Form of violence
Emotional	521	23	35
Physical	827	34	69
Sexual	101	12	13
Main perpetrator groupings
Household membera	572	11	11
Studentb	299	28	45
Intimate partner	578	12	14
Teacher and authority figurec	0	0	0
Gang/organized crime member	0	0	0
Meta regressions
Physical violence from students, boys	220	27	44
Physical violence from students, girls	219	27	44
Physical violence from household members (proxy reports), boys	143	11	11
Physical violence from household members (proxy reports), girls	143	11	11
Physical violence from intimate partners, girls	102	12	23
Emotional violence from students, boys	70	6	12
Emotional violence from students, girls	69	6	12
Emotional violence from household members (proxy reports), boys	143	11	11
Emotional violence from household members (proxy reports), girls	143	11	11
Emotional violence from intimate partners, girls	96	11	21
Sexual violence from intimate partners, girls	101	12	22

Note: “Estimates” are measures of prevalence of a type of violence specified by age, sex, and perpetrator. “Surveys” are datasets/published literature meeting inclusion criteria.

^aAll proxy reports included; only one survey included child self-reports, but estimates were too few to be included.

^bGlobal School-based Student Health Survey (21). Student survey data on physical attack and physical fights included in estimates of violence from students.

^cNo data identified for intimate partner violence against boys.

^dOne survey met inclusion criteria, but estimates were too few to be included.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the study results.