Table 2.

Descriptive Overview of Studies.

Data Characteristics	Number of Countries	Number of Data Sets
World Health Organization region
African	28	68
Americas	12	23
Eastern Mediterranean	9	12
European	18	34
Southeast Asia	4	4
Western Pacific	4	10
Country income level
Upper middle	42	35
Lower middle	35	55
Low	18	60
Data source
AIDS Impact Survey	1	1
Balkan Epidemiological Study on Child Abuse and Neglect	7	7
Caribbean Youth Health Survey	1	1
Demographic Family and Health Survey	1	1
Demographic and Health Surveys	22	27
School-Based Student Health Survey	5	5
Jamaican Youth Risk and Resiliency Behaviour Survey	1	1
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys	49	79
National Maternal and Child Health Survey	1	1
National Survey of Social Relations	1	1
Union Bank of Switzerland Optimus	1	1
Other national surveys	14	2
SASA!	1	1
Violence Against Children Surveys	11	11

Note. Several countries changed their income level status at specific time points and are documented as separate entries within the table. AIDS refers to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. SASA! is a Kiswahili word that means “now.”