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. 2020 Jul 2;20:1051. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09069-7

Table 12.

Descriptive Statistics for Help-Seeking Behaviours from Children Experiencing Violence by Type of Violence and Country

Physical violence
Country Informal:
Disclosure
Formal:
Knowledge of where to seek help
Formal:
Disclosure
Formal:
Help seeking
Formal:
Received help
Cambodia Prevalence 23.13 0.11 0.00
(95% CI) (19.26, 27.00) (−0.11, 0.33)
N 570 570 575
Haiti Prevalence 7.25
(95% CI) (4.85, 9.65)
N 966
Kenya Prevalence 13.19 2.26 1.44
(95% CI) (10.12, 16.27) (1.21, 3.31) (0.57, 2.32)
N 971 971 971
Malawi Prevalence 48.69 2.42 24.94 9.53 7.25
(95% CI) (44.69, 52.69) (0.67, 4.17) (19.51, 30.37) (5.33, 13.74) (3.04, 11.45)
N 823 823 821 821 821
Nigeria Prevalence 38.43 18.34 1.66 1.65 1.06
(95% CI) (34.70, 42.16) (14.92, 21.76) (0.71, 2.62) (0.75, 2.55) (0.27, 1.84)
N 1095 1103 1095 1105 1105

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

cCambodia did not ask questions on knowledge of where to seek formal help or on receiving formal help

dIn Haiti, informal disclosure was asked for experience of sexual violence only. Due to the wording of questions, we were unable to parse out formal disclosure from receiving help for experience of physical violence. Haiti did not ask questions on knowledge of where to seek help

eIn Kenya, disclosure, both formal and informal, was asked for experience of sexual violence only

fIn Tanzania, help seeking questions were asked for experience of sexual violence only and are therefore not included in this table (as they are listed in Table 2). Questions on knowledge of where to seek formal help were not asked