Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Children Aged 13–17 Years Experiencing Physical and/or Sexual Violence by Country
| Country | Informal: Disclosure | Formal: Knowledge of where to seek help | Formal: Disclosure or help seeking | Formal: Received help | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | Prevalence | 23.05 | na | 0.11 | na |
| 95% CI | 19.28, 26.82 | −0.1, 0.32 | |||
| N | 586 | 586 | |||
| Haiti | Prevalence | 42.40 | na | 8.60 | na |
| 95% CI | 35.37, 49.42 | 6.24, 10.97 | |||
| N | 385 | 1038 | |||
| Kenya | Prevalence | 31.67 | 16.26 | 4.74 | 2.06 |
| 95% CI | 21.70, 41.64 | 13.02, 19.50 | 2.24, 7.25 | 0.96, 3.16 | |
| N | 191 | 1005 | 1005 | 1005 | |
| Malawi | Prevalence | 54.13 | 27.92 | 12.34 | 7.49 |
| 95% CI | 48.40, 59.87 | 23.00, 32.83 | 8.04, 16.65 | 3.47, 11.51 | |
| N | 864 | 864 | 864 | 864 | |
| Nigeria | Prevalence | 40.55 | 18.09 | 4.12 | 1.46 |
| 95% CI | 36.69, 44.41 | 14.82, 21.35 | 2.82, 5.42 | 0.63, 2.29 | |
| N | 1185 | 1185 | 1185 | 1185 | |
| Tanzania | Prevalence | 42.04 | na | 25.30 | 11.22 |
| 95% CI | 30.45, 53.63 | 16.31, 34.28 | 3.99, 18.45 | ||
| N | 219 | 219 | 219 |
Notes: aEstimates are prevalences with corresponding 95% Confidence Intervals
bData comes from a nationally representative sample of children and youth aged 13–24 years from Violence Against Children Surveys. Samples from male and female respondents are combined due to low overall help seeking rates within subsamples
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. Questions on knowledge of where to seek formal help were not asked. Due to errors in survey administration, and in order to remain aligned with the Tanzania VACS report, our sample excludes those who experienced sexual violence prior to the age of 18 and were not asked about disclosure and help seeking behaviours for their experience of violence