Budiriro 2 Chitungwiza 1 Epworth 1 Kuwadzana 1 Mabvuku 8 Mbare 3 Mufakose 3 Mutoko 1 Seke 4 St Mary’s 1 Sunningdale 1 Tafara 7 Zengeza 8 The press reports indicated that men, women and children were all affected by the violence, and this is again corroborated by the results of the Mabvuku case studies. As can be seen from Table 7 below, more men than women were affected, and most were young persons (mean age 26.9) as opposed to other groups of survivors. This is not a comment of any consequence however, and it would be expected that current victims would be young. As also might be expected of a young group, there were a large number of single persons and relatively few widowed or divorced persons. Table 7 Demographic characteristics of Riots Victims [n=42] GENDER: male 30 female 14 AGE: 27.5[9.9] MARITAL STATUS: single 15 married 16 divorced 3 widowed 1 employed 28 unemployed 16 EMPLOYMENT: A high number were unemployed, and this may be important in making this group more vulnerable to civil disturbance since they were more likely to be at home and possibly more vulnerable to arrest for this reason. Additionally, there were students and pupils affected. Of those who were employed, most had formal employment. It is also worth commenting that several members of this group became unemployed as a consequence of either the injury or

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