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Child labor and sexual assault among girls in Maiduguri, Nigeria

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between child labor and sexual assault among girls in Maiduguri, Nigeria. METHODS: Face-to-face interview using a validated questionnaire of a randomly selected sample of employed girls. RESULTS: Out of 350 girls, 316 were successfully interviewed for a response rate of 90.3%. Mean age of the girls was 14.9+/-2.3 years and mean workday was 8.5+/-3.8 hours/day. In 33.4% of cases the girls had no formal education, and 78.5% were not currently going to school. The sexual assault rate was 77.7%, and in 38.6% of cases the assailant was a customer. Sexual ass…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Date	2008-10-26
Type	article
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Found at	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.09.007
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Record ID	`openalex:W2133654538`

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Child labor and sexual assault among girls in Maiduguri, Nigeria. OpenAlex research, 2008. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2133654538.