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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