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

Table 13.

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

Sexual violence
Country Informal: Disclosure Formal: Knowledge of where to seek help Formal: Disclosure Formal: Help seeking Formal: Received help
Cambodia Prevalence 16.57 0.00 0.00
(95% CI) (1.90, 31.24)
N 52 52 57
Haiti Prevalence 42.40 0.95 6.44
(95% CI) (35.37, 49.42) (−0.36, 2.25) (3.40, 9.48)
N 385 385 385
Kenya Prevalence 31.67 8.27 22.84 4.45 3.12
(95% CI) (21.70, 41.64) (−1.18, 17.72) (14.63, 31.06) (0.79, 8.11) (0.53, 5.70)
N 191 191 186 186 186
Malawi Prevalence 43.26 1.18 25.10 6.43 3.63
(95% CI) (33.99, 52.52) (−0.31, 2.66) (17.74, 32.46) (2.27, 10.58) (0.25, 7.01)
N 270 270 268 268 268
Nigeria Prevalence 32.65 14.50 1.55 1.98 1.57
(95% CI) (25.95, 39.36) (9.91, 19.09) (0.19, 2.90) (0.35, 3.61) (0.16, 2.99)
N 339 339 343 348 348

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