Research Article
Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Nature of youth violence in the study location.
| Variables | (%) |
| Participant’s active engagement in violent behavior in the past 12 months | | Yes | 39 (54.9) | No | 32 (45.1) | Educational level of the youth engaged in violence in the past year | | No formal education | 24 (61.5) | Primary | 4 (10.1) | JHS | 9 (23.2) | Vocational or technical | 2 (5.1) | Common categories of violence ever experienced by the youth in the society | | (i) Physical fighting | 59 (83.1) | (ii) Robbery | 50 (70.4) | (iii) Stealing | 50 (70.4 | (iv) Threatening | 47 (66.2) | (v) Bullying | 46 (64.8) | (vi) Hitting | 46 (64.8) | (vii) Obscene gestures | 43 (60.6) | (viii) Swearing | 42 (59.2) | (ix) Yelling | 40 (56.3) | (x) Sexual abuse | 40 (56.3) | (xi) Embarrassing | 39 (54.9) | (xii) Shoving/pushing | 34 (47.9) | (xiii) Lynching | 13 (18.3) | (xiv) Kidnapping | 10 (14.1) | Frequency/witness of violent activities by the youth in the community | | Every day | 3 (4.2) | Once a week | 22 (16.9) | Every fortnight | 2 (2.8) | Monthly | 4 (5.6) | Once in a while | 4 (5.6) | Occasionally | 4 (5.6) | Nonapplicable | 32 (59.2) | Common people’s violent behaviors are perpetuated against in the community | | Peers | 42 (59.2) | Parents | 20 (28.2) | Neighbor | 3 (4.2) | Stranger | 3 (4.2) | Nonapplicable | 3 (4.2) |
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