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Table 2 Selected socio-demographic characteristics by sexual violence (SV) exposure, for women aged 18–44 years in Estonia, n (%)

From: What do we know about the impact of sexual violence on health and health behaviour of women in Estonia?

Socio-demographic characteristics

Total

SV exposure during lifetime

p valuea

Effect sizea

 

No

Yes

  

n = 1670

n = 1291

n = 379

  

Age in years

   

< 0.001

0.14

 18–24

724

604 (84.4)

120 (16.6)

  

 25–34

473

361 (76.3)

112 (23.7)

  

 35–44

473

326 (68.9)

147 (31.1)

  

Native language

   

0.981

 

 Estonian

1315

1018 (77.4)

297 (22.6)

  

 Russian

340

263 (77.4)

77 (22.6)

  

 Missing

15

10 (66.7)

5 (33.3)

  

Education

   

0.583

 

 Basic or less

383

293 (76.5)

90 (23.5)

  

 Secondary/vocational secondary

695

532 (76.6)

163 (23.5)

  

 Vocational higher/bachelor’s/master’s /doctoral degree

584

460 (78.8)

124 (21.2)

  

 Missing

8

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

  

Marital status

   

0.002

0.09

 Married/cohabiting

1078

816 (75.7)

262 (24.3)

  

 Separated/divorced/widowed

71

47 (66.2)

24 (33.8)

  

 Single

510

418 (82.0)

92 (18.0)

  

 Missing

11

10 (90.9)

1 (9.1)

  

Occupation

   

< 0.001

0.11

 Employed

852

636 (74.7)

216 (25.4)

  

 Pupil/student/postgraduate student

496

417 (84.1)

79 (15.9)

  

 On pregnancy/parental leave

172

130 (75.6)

42 (24.4)

  

 Housewife/unemployed/retired/disability pension

115

79 (68.7)

36 (31.3)

  

 Missing

35

29 (82.9)

6 (17.1)

  

Difficulties paying bills

  

0.001

0.09

 Always/often

166

112 (67.5)

54 (32.5)

  

 Sometimes

341

252 (73.9)

89 (26.1)

  

 Rarely/never

1143

910 (79.6)

233 (20.4)

  

 Missing

20

17 (85.0)

3 (15.0)

  
  1. aChi-Square and Cramér’s V test were applied only for non-missing values