Table 2.
Predominant nature of violence experienced or witnessed in the last 6 months (n=8579)
Experienced | Witnessed | |
Verbal violence (abused/shouted at/threatened) |
33.9% (2909) Mean=3.93, SD=8.83 |
18.4% (1578) Mean=1.43, SD=4.90 |
Physical violence (beaten/pushed/thrown things at) | 6.6% (567) Mean=0.12, SD=0.59 |
5.2% (446) Mean=0.12, SD=0.71 |
Falsely accused | 2.2% (189) Mean=0.06, SD=0.55 |
0.7% (63) Mean=0.01, SD=0.19 |
Bullied/harassed | 1.1% (91) Mean=0.023, SD=0.281 |
0.4% (35) Mean=0.01, SD=0.095 |
Shown or attacked with weapon | 0.7% (57) Mean=0.006, SD=0.081 |
0.3% (29) Mean=0.00, SD=0.085 |
Damage to facility | 0.4% (36) Mean=0.01, SD=0.11 |
0.3% (25) Mean=0.00, SD=0.073 |
Robbed | 0.3% (27) Mean=0.004, SD=0.084 |
0.3% (22) Mean=0.00, SD=0.073 |
Extorted | 0.1% (7) Mean=0.00, SD=0.070 |
0.1% (7) Mean=0.00, SD=0.029 |
Kidnapping | Not available | 0.1% (5) Mean=0.00, SD=0.024 |