Population attributable fractions for health and risk behaviour outcomes associated with violence against children
| SMI | Depression | Anxiety | Alcohol abuse | Drug abuse | STDs | HIV | Interpersonal violence | Self-harm | |
| Sexual violence | |||||||||
| Total | – | – | 0.06 | – | 0.14 | 0.03 | – | – | 0.12 |
| Male | – | – | – | 0.07 | – | – | – | 0.03 | – |
| Female | – | 0.06 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.07 | – |
| Physical violence | |||||||||
| Total | 0.1 | – | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 | – | – | 0.04 | 0.23 |
| Male | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.08 | – |
| Female | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.22 | 0.12 | – |
| Emotional violence | |||||||||
| Total | 0.05 | – | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.05 | – | – | 0.03 | 0.15 |
| Male | – | – | – | 0.03 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Female | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.12 | – | – |
| Neglect | |||||||||
| Total | – | – | 0.08 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Male | – | 0.16 | – | – | 0.04 | – | – | – | – |
| Female | – | 0.09 | – | 0.14 | – | 0.06 | – | – | – |
| Witnessing family violence | |||||||||
| Total | – | – | 0.13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Male | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.16 | – |
| Female | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.16 | – |
Adapted from: Fang et al.17
Notes: ‘–’ indicates not applicable. PAF calculated using prevalence of type of violence against children and relative rate of outcome of interest. PAFs were calculated for outcomes on which data were available.
PAF, population attributable fractions; SMI, serious mental illness; STDs, sexual transmitted diseases.