Table 4.

Summary Table of Critical Findings.

Critical Findings

National-level data on violence against children are unevenly distributed across countries, factors, and violence types Sexual violence was the least studied form of violence in this review No single factor or group of factors are significantly associated with physical violence within the general population of children in low- and middle-income countries Lower household socioeconomic status, being a girl, and primary education of mothers and adults in the household are significant and covarying factors associated with emotional violence at the national level in low- and middle-income countries Being a girl is associated with large increases in sexual violence at the national level in low- and middle-income countries