Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with the Psychological Maltreatment and Neglect of Child Laborers in Rural Bangladesh

Table 2

Prevalence of emotional maltreatment of child laborers aged 10–17 years.

Maltreatment categories	Many times	Sometimes	Not in the past year but happened	Never
Screamed very loudly and aggressively	34.4	52.1	10.4	3.1
Called names, said mean things, or cursed	34.4	52.1	7.3	6.3
Made you feel ashamed/embarrassed in front of other people	27.6	42.9	8.2	21.4
Said that they wished you were dead/had never been born	9.7	26.9	7.5	55.9
Threatened to leave forever or abandon	7.1	33.7	5.1	54.1
Locked out of the home for a long time	9.4	35.4	8.3	46.9
Threatened to hurt or kill, including invoking evil spirits	13.4	19.6	5.2	61.9
Bullied (teased, embarrassed) so that you feel sad or bad, by another child at home or the workplace	21.4	44.9	4.1	29.6

Note. Sample size (N) = 100, (data presented as % unless stated otherwise).