Table 10.
Descriptive Statistics for Background Characteristics From Children Experiencing Physical and/or Sexual Violence in the Violence Against Children Surveys by Country
| Kenya | Malawi | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | % or prevalence | 95% CI | % or prevalence | 95% CI |
| Male | 51.95 | (42.55, 61.35) | 53.91 | (41.96, 65.85) |
| Age in years | 14.93 | (14.80, 15.06) | 14.75 | (14.63, 14.88) |
| Currently enrolled in school | 84.47 | (81.18, 87.76) | 85.17 | (81.00, 89.33) |
| Not living with biological mother | 21.13 | (17.00, 25.26) | 28.95 | (24.87, 33.04) |
| Not living with biological father | 42.29 | (37.69, 46.89) | 49.24 | (44.32, 54.17) |
| Number of children 0–17 years in household | 2.44 | (2.27, 2.60) | 3.52 | (3.34, 3.71) |
| Number of males 18+ in household (adults in Kenya) | 0.81 | (0.69, 0.94) | 1.22 | (1.12, 1.32) |
| Number of females 18+ in household | 1.37 | (1.27, 1.46) | ||
| Female head of household | 41.93 | (37.68, 46.18) | 43.16 | (37.40, 48.93) |
| Poorer wealth quintile | 19.63 | (15.88, 23.39) | 20.12 | (16.35, 23.89) |
| Middle wealth quintile | 19.80 | (15.98, 23.63) | 24.60 | (19.67, 29.53) |
| Richer wealth quintile | 19.42 | (15.78, 23.05) | 21.82 | (17.32, 26.32) |
| Richest wealth quintile | 18.67 | (14.43, 22.90) | 17.39 | (12.28, 22.51) |
| Urban | 17.78 | (10.68, 24.89) | 16.30 | (9.50, 23.09) |
| N | 1005 | 864 | ||
Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval; N Number of observations
Notes: aEstimates are n (weighted %) or prevalence (95% Confidence Interval)
bData comes from a nationally representative sample of children aged 13–17 years from Violence Against Children Surveys
cSamples from male and female respondents are combined due to low overall help seeking rates within subsamples
dWealth quintiles are from indices created through factor analysis of household assets and dwelling characteristics, similar to standard methodology from the Demographic and Health Surveys and are age-group specific
eIn Kenya, the number of adults and children in household refer to the number of adults and children in the same sleeping areas as the respondent