Authors
Neil Andersson, Ari Ho-Foster
Publication date
2008/12
Journal
International Journal for Equity in Health
Volume
7
Pages
1-6
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Objective
Prior to 2007, forced sex with male children in South Africa did not count as rape but as "indecent assault", a much less serious offence. This study sought to document prevalence of male sexual violence among school-going youth.
Design
A facilitated self-administered questionnaire in nine of the 11 official languages in a stratified (province/metro/urban/rural) last stage random national sample.
Setting
Teams visited 5162 classes in 1191 schools, in October and November 2002.
Participants
A total of 269,705 learners aged 10–19 years in grades 6–11. Of these, 126,696 were male.
Main outcome measures
Schoolchildren answered questions about exposure in the last year to insults, beating, unwanted touching and forced sex. They …
Scholar articles
N Andersson, A Ho-Foster - International Journal for Equity in Health, 2008