Methods to increase reporting of childhood sexual abuse in surveys: the sensitivity and specificity of face-to-face interviews versus a sealed envelope method in Ugandan primary school children

Table 2 Student demographic characteristics and self-reported experiences

	All students		Students that reported forced sex in the FTFI^a		Students that reported forced sex in the SEM^b
	N = 3843	%	N = 42	%	N = 268	%
Sex
Female	2116	55.1	40	95.2	163	60.8
Age (years)
<13	1331	34.7	12	28.6	91	34.1
13–14	1951	50.8	25	59.5	137	51.3
>14	558	14.5	5	11.9	39	14.6
Primary Level
P5	1385	36.0	24	57.1	117	43.7
P6	1321	34.4	12	28.6	78	29.1
P7	1137	29.6	6	14.3	73	27.2
Self-reported disability ^c
No difficulties	2958	77.0	21	50.0	189	70.5
Some difficulties	800	20.8	19	45.2	69	25.8
Disability	85	2.2	2	4.8	10	3.7
Attends an intervention school	1973	51.3	21	50.0	161	60.1
Reported experience of other forms of sexual violence	239	6.2	28	66.7	56	20.9

^a FTFI face-to-face interview method
^b SEM sealed envelope method
^c Reported a degree of difficulty in seeing, hearing, walking, remembering or concentrating, communicating or with self-care

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