Informal and Formal Supports for Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda

Table 1

Proportion (𝑛 (%)) of formerly recruited (𝑛=330) and non-recruited (𝑛=677) youth’s answers per resource domain and agent.

Themselves

Family

Friends

Organizations

Community

Government

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Recruited; 𝑛 (%)

Non-recruited; 𝑛 (%)

𝜒^2

Human capacities

243; (73.64)

539; (79.62)

4.57

288; (87.27)

571; (84.34)

1.52

277 (83.94)

558; (86.85)

0.36

237; (71.82)

420; (62.04)

9.36 **

228 (69.09)

486  (71.79)

0.78

184; (55.76)

434; (64.11)

6.52

Mental health

97; (29.39)

249; (36.78)

5.37

52; (15.76)

163; (24.08)

9.14**

105; (31.82)

241; (35.60)

1.41

104; (31.52)

205; (30.28)

0.16

44; (13.33)

78; (11.52)

0.68

21; (6.36)

74; (10.93)

5.42

Physical health

7; (2.12)

15; (2.22)

0.01

96; (29.09)

173; (25.55)

1.42

22; (6.67)

58; (8.57)

1.10

21; (6.36)

30; (4.43)

1.72

57; (19.27)

147; (21.71)

2.71

35; (10.61)

74; (10.93)

0.02

Knowledge & skills

133 (40.30)

284; (41.95)

0.25

198; (60.00)

398; (58.79)

0.14

168; (50.91)

319; (47.12)

1.28

86; (26.06)

138; (20.38)

4.13

130; (39.39)

250; (36.93)

0.57

97; (29.39)

188; (27.77)

0.29

Livelihoods

69; (20.91)

111; (16.64)

3.08

143; (43.33)

271; (40.03)

1.00

76; (23.03)

157; (23.19)

0.00

131; (39.70)

225; (33.23)

4.05

110; (33.33)

263; (38.85)

2.89

81; (24.55)

223; (32.94)

7.42**

Personal; values

32; (9.70)

68; (10.04)

0.30

30; (9.09)

34; (5.02)

6.17

23; (6.97)

44; (6.50)

0.08

17; (5.15)

32; (4.73)

0.09

8; (2.42)

22; (3.25)

0.52

0; (0.00)

2; (0.30)

0.98

Social ecology

116 (35.15)

249 (36.78)

0.26

154 (46.67)

344 (50.81)

1.53

179 (54.24)

413; (61.00)

4.19

227 (68.79)

424 (62.63)

3.68

202 (61.21)

402 (59.38)

0.31

252 (76.36)

483 (71.34)

2.84

Social connectedness

54; (16.36)

151; (22.30)

4.83

40; (12.12)

97; (14.33)

0.92

109; (33.03)

262; (38.70)

3.07

28; (8.48)

57; (8.42)

0.00

53; (16.06)

144; (21.27)

3.83

35; (10.61)

54; (7.98)

1.90

Social support

56; (16.97)

79; (11.67)

5.37

115; (34.85)

215; (31.76)

0.96

91; (27.58)

218; (32.20)

2.23

74; (22.42)

89; (13.15)

14.08***

111; (33.64)

175; (25.85)

6.62

44; (13.33)

84; (12.41)

0.17

Social service & infrastructure

25; (7.58)

41; (6.06)

0.84

15; (4.55)

61; (9.01)

6.34

10; (3.03)

7; (1.03)

5.33

164; (49.70)

324; (47.86)

0.30

59; (17.88)

126; (18.61)

0.08

175; (53.03)

299; (44.17)

7.00**

Safety

0; (0.00)

1; (0.15)

0.49

8; (2.42)

24; (3.55)

0.91

5; (1.52)

25; (3.69)

3.64

17; (5.15)

25; (3.69)

1.18

21; (6.36)

36; (5.32)

0.46

25; (7.58)

38; (5.61)

1.46

Law & order

7; (2.12)

13; (1.92)

0.05

1; (0.31)

1; (0.15)

0.27

0; (0.00)

5; (0.74)

2.45

7; (2.12)

26; (3.84)

2.07

7; (2.12)

16; (2.36)

0.06

88; (26.67)

177; (26.14)

0.03

Culture & values

127 (38.48)

272 (40.18)

0.27

81 (24.55)

176 (26.00)

0.25

103; (31.21)

201; (29.69)

0.24

33 (10.00)

65; (9.60)

0.04

108 (32.72)

160; (23.63)

9.39 **

62; (18.79)

87; (12.85)

6.20

Cultural practices

38; (11.51)

67; (9.90)

0.62

9; (2.73)

16; (2.36)

0.12

28; (8.48)

59; (8.71)

0.02

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

37; (11.21)

36; (5.32)

11.47***

24; (7.27)

34; (5.02)

2.07

Religious beliefs

99; (30.00)

226; (33.38)

1.16

21; (6.36)

64; (9.45)

2.74

35; (10.61)

91; (13.44)

1.63

4; (1.21)

3; (0.44)

1.90

12; (2.64)

23; (3.40)

0.04

3; (0.91)

12; (1.77)

1.13

Human rights

5; (1.52)

5; (0.74)

1.36

54; (16.36)

104; (15.36)

0.17

52; (15.76)

68; (10.04)

6.90**

29; (8.79)

63; (9.31)

0.07

69; (20.91)

111; (16.40)

3.08

42; (12.73)

42; (6.20)

12.35***

Periphery

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

23; (6.97)

31; (4.60)

2.50

2; (0.61)

2; (0.30)

0.54

35; (10.60)

69; (10.19)

0.00

Economic climate

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

2; (0.61)

1; (0.15)

1.57

12; (3.64)

12; (1.77)

3.31

Political climate

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

0; (0.00)

0; (0.00)

—

23; (6.97)

31; (4.60)

2.50

0; (0.00)

1; (0.15)

0.49

23; (6.97)

59; (8.71)

0.90

Nothing

2; (0.60)

14; (2.07)

0.13

0; (0.00)

2; (0.30)

0.98

0; (0.00)

2; (0.30)

0.98

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

1; (0.30)

0; (0.00)

2.05

** 𝑃≤.01; ***𝑃≤.001.