Predictors of physical violence against children in Rwanda: findings from a National Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: To address the challenges of limited national data on the prevalence and nature of violence experienced by children, Rwanda conducted, in 2015-2016, the first National Survey on Violence among female and male children and youth aged 13-24 years. To further contribute to these efforts to fill existing data gaps, we used the Rwanda survey data to assess the prevalence and predictors of physical violence (PV) in children aged 13-17.

Methods: A nationally representative sample of 618 male and 492 female children were analysed.