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Table 6 Human rights violations, overall and by state

From: Health and human rights in eastern Myanmar prior to political transition: a population-based assessment using multistaged household cluster sampling

Violation

Shan*

95% CI*

Bago*

95% CI*

Kayin*

95% CI*

Mon*

95% CI*

Kayah*

95% CI*

Tanintharyi*

95% CI*

All areas

95% CI*

Forced labor

267 (51.2%)

(42.2, 60.2)

30 (9.8%)

(-8.6, 28.2)

365 (10.1%)

(5.8, 14.4)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

1 (0.1%)

(-0.1, 0.4)

2 (2.2%)

(-1.4, 5.9)

665 (13.3%)

(10.1, 16.5)

Destruction and seizure of food, livestock, or crops

248 (56.4%)

(48.1, 64.6)

67 (22.1%)

(1.7, 42.5)

244 (9.7%)

(4.3, 15.1)

53 (18.1%)

(-3.6, 39.8)

5 (0.7%)

(0.0 to 1.4)

4 (4.4%)

(-2.8, 11.7)

621 (16.1%)

(12.0, 20.1)

Forced to grow jatropha

37 (6.8%)

(-4.5, 18.2)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

74 (1.4%)

(0.4, 2.5)

179 (38.3%)

(13.3, 63.4)

392 (56.8%)

(39.1, 74.4)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

682 (10.4%)

(7.1, 13.7)

Displacement

12 (2.7%)

(-1.8, 7.2)

66 (21.2%)

(-0.8 to 43.2)

148 (5.5%)

(1.5, 9.5)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

3 (0.5%)

(0.0 to 0.9)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

229 (5.5%)

(2.2, 8.7)

Physical injuries (gunshot wounds, landmine injuries, beatings, stabbings)

70 (15.8%)

(12.0, 19.6)

6 (1.8%)

(0.5 to 3.1)

100 (3.4%)

(2.2, 4.7)

26 (8.9%)

(-3.4, 21.2)

15 (2.2%)

(1.3, 3.1)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

217 (5.0%)

(3.8, 6.2)

Detained or tied up

37 (8.4%)

(3.1, 13.8)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

21 (0.8%)

(0.1, 1.4)

40 (13.6%)

(-4.4, 31.7)

5 (0.7%)

(0.0, 1.4)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

103 (2.5%)

(1.0, 4.1)

Number of HRVs experienced by household

   0

526 (35.6%)

(27.2, 43.9)

213 (62.2%)

(38.5, 86.1)

2473 (75.0%)

(68.3, 81.7)

150 (43.6%)

(16.5, 70.6)

292 (42.4%)

(25.3, 59.6)

85 (94.4%)

(85.4, 103.5)

3739 (63.8%)

(58.3, 69.3)

   1

107 (12.9%)

(7.8, 18.0)

67 (21.4%)

(3.6, 39.3)

621 (20.8%)

(14.7,, 27.0)

182 (39.4%)

(14.7, 64.1)

378 (54.5%)

(38.5, 70.5)

4 (4.4%)

(-2.8, 11.7)

1359 (24.5%)

(19.6 to 29.4)

   2

78 (17.6%)

(11.3, 23.9)

22 (7.1%)

(-1.0 to 15.3)

96 (2.5%)

(1.2 to 3.8)

5 (1.7%)

(-0.5, 3.9)

19 (2.8%)

(1.0, 4.6)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

220 (4.7%)

(3.4, 6.0)

   3

78 (17.8%)

(12.6, 22.9)

28 (9.1%)

(-4.9, 23.2)

29 (0.9%)

(0.3 to 1.6)

6 (2.0%)

(-0.7, 4.8)

2 (0.3%)

(0.0 to 0.6)

1 (1.1%)

(-0.7 to 2.9)

144 (3.7%)

(2.3, 5.1)

   4

43 (9.8%)

(6.0, 13.6)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

10 (0.4%)

(0.1 to 0.6)

16 (5.5%)

(-1.3, 12.2)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

0 (0.0%)

n/a

69 (1.8%)

(1.1, 2.5)

   5 or more

28 (6.4%)

(2.8 to 10.0)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

10 (0.4%)

(-0.1 to 0.8)

23 (7.8%)

(-3.6, 19.3)

0 (0.0%)

n/a

0 (0.0%)

n/a

61 (1.5%)

(0.5, 2.5)

  1. *Percentages and standard errors were weighted with design and post-stratification weights.