Department of Economics, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America.
AidData, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 May 15;19(5):e0301833. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301833. eCollection 2024.
Violence against children in schools harms the affected children, limits their learning and educational attainment, and extends its harms to families and the broader communities. However, to date, comparable cross-country data on violence against children in schools has not been available. We utilize the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) to estimate school-related violence against children in seven countries (Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). Leveraging the unique comparability of the surveys, we are able to estimate both physical and sexual violence experienced in childhood and adolescence among youth aged 13-24. Where possible, we also disaggregate by gender and perpetrator type. Overall, within our sample seven countries, we find that 12.11-44.63% of females and 14.28-53.85% of males experienced at least one form of violence. Males experience higher levels of school-related violence and a significant portion of this is due to experiencing physical violence perpetrated by male classmates.
校园暴力会伤害受害儿童，限制他们的学习和教育成就，并将其伤害延伸到家庭和更广泛的社区。然而，迄今为止，还没有可比的关于校园暴力的跨国数据。我们利用暴力侵害儿童和青年调查（VACS）来估计七个国家（洪都拉斯、肯尼亚、马拉维、尼日利亚、坦桑尼亚、乌干达和赞比亚）的校园相关暴力事件。利用调查的独特可比性，我们能够估计 13-24 岁青少年在童年和青春期经历的身体和性暴力。在可能的情况下，我们还按性别和施害者类型进行了细分。总体而言，在我们的样本七个国家中，我们发现 12.11%-44.63%的女性和 14.28%-53.85%的男性至少经历过一种形式的暴力。男性经历更高水平的校园暴力，其中很大一部分是由于遭受男同学的身体暴力。
