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Abstract
Background: There are virtually no large-scale quantitative data documenting the prevalence of different forms of violence related to employment, and risk factors for experience of violence in employment among adolescents (13鈥�17-year-olds) and younger adults (18鈥�24-year-olds). This project is a descriptive research that raises questions about possible analyses and how work measurements, such as work classification and average hours worked in a day, could be improved in the Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS).聽
Aims: We aim to explore the association between childhood violence and hazardous occupation, and to describe the relationship between past year work and violence in eight countries.聽聽
Methods: Using nationally representative cross-sectional datasets from VACS, we reported the prevalence of past year work, hazardous work, type of work and, among working participants, who decides how the money earned is used. We described the prevalence of past childhood violence among 18鈥�24-year-olds working in hazardous occupations or not, stratified by sex, and performed chi-square tests. We explored whether childhood violence leads to hazardous occupation using null and multivariable logistic regressions. In Kenya, we examined associations between childhood violence and working longer hours using logistic regressions, stratified by sex and violence type. We described the prevalence of past year violence among 13鈥�24-year-olds working or not in the past year, stratified by sex and age, and performed chi-square tests.聽
Results: Males who have been exposed to childhood violence are more likely to be in a hazardous occupation than those unexposed. In Kenya, females exposed to childhood violence are more likely to work longer hours than non-exposed females for all types of violence exposures. Children aged 13鈥�17-years have a higher prevalence of violence exposure compared to 18鈥�24-year-olds in the past year regardless of work or sex, although there is variation across countries.聽聽
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that young people exposed to violence are more likely to be in hazardous work compared to unexposed participants. Further longitudinal research would be beneficial to guide interventions or programs related to reducing violence among children and promoting their safety during childhood and adolescence years, but also when they are engaged in work.聽聽