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Table 1 Descriptive Characteristics of 15–49-Year-Old Female GBV Survivors Seeking Psychosocial Support in Eastern Ukraine by Violence Type, N = 8525, 2016–2017

From: Factors associated with experiencing sexual violence among female gender-based violence survivors in conflict-afflicted eastern Ukraine

 

Total

Sexual violence a

Physical violence

Non-contact violence b

p-value c

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 
 

8525 (100.0)

220 (2.6)

2928 (34.3)

5377 (63.1)

 

Age at incident [median (IQR)]

33 (28–39)

28 (22, 34)

34 (28, 39)

33 (28, 39)

< 0.001

IDP (vs. local) status at incident

2002 (23.5)

78 (35.5)

545 (18.6)

1379 (25.6)

0.001

Marital status

 Single or widowed

1818 (21.3)

120 (54.5)

478 (16.3)

1220 (22.7)

< 0.001

 Married or Cohabitating

5242 (61.5)

68 (30.9)

2069 (70.7)

3105 (57.8)

 

 Divorced or Separated

1465 (17.1)

32 (14.6)

381 (13.0)

1052 (19.5)

 

Number of children < 18

 No children

2324 (37.4)

108 (49.1)

778 (26.7)

1438 (26.9)

< 0.001

 1+ child

6165 (72.6)

112 (50.9)

2140 (73.3)

3913 (73.1)

 

Employment

 Professional

2025 (23.8)

56 (25.5)

654 (22.4)

1315 (24.5)

0.089

 General labor

1814 (21.4)

38 (17.3)

659 (22.6)

1117 (20.8)

0.055

 Unpaid labor

2714 (32.0)

38 (17.3)

909 (31.2)

1767 (33.0)

< 0.001

 Not in the workforce

1709 (20.1)

65 (29.6)

621 (21.3)

1023 (19.1)

< 0.001

 Student

233 (2.7)

23 (10.5)

71 (2.4)

139 (2.6)

< 0.001

Incident

 Recurrence of incident

  Once

5014 (60.7)

173 (79.0)

2197 (76.1)

2644 (51.3)

< 0.001

  Multiple times

3244 (39.3)

46 (21.0)

690 (23.9)

2508 (4871)

 

 Place of incident

  Client or common home

6317 (74.1)

108 (49.1)

2369 (80.9)

3840 (71.4)

< 0.001

  Perpetrator’s home

586 (6.9)

23 (10.5)

193 (6.6)

370 (6.9)

0.092

  At an institution

793 (9.3)

49 (22.3)

109 (3.7)

635 (11.8)

< 0.001

  Outdoors

829 (9.7)

40 (18.2)

257 (8.8)

532 (9.9)

< 0.001

Perpetrators

 Number of perpetrators

  1

7337 (86.1)

199 (90.5)

2666 (91.1)

4472 (83.2)

< 0.001

  2+

790 (9.3)

12 (5.5)

110 (3.8)

668 (12.4)

< 0.001

  Unknown

398 (4.7)

9 (4.1)

152 (5.2)

237 (4.4)

0.248

 Sex of perpetrator

  Male

6896 (80.9)

218 (99.1)

2668 (91.1)

4010 (74.6)

< 0.001

  Female/Both

1629 (19.1)

2 (0.9)

260 (8.9)

1367 (25.4)

 

 Age of perpetrator

  Under 26

690 (8.1)

32 (14.6)

171 (5.8)

487 (9.1)

< 0.001

  26–40

4247 (49.8)

115 (52.3)

1672 (57.1)

2460 (45.8)

< 0.001

  Over 40

3109 (36.5)

64 (29.1)

920 (31.4)

2125 (39.5)

< 0.001

  Unknown

479 (5.6)

9 (4.1)

165 (5.6)

305 (5.7)

0.607

 Relationship to perpetrator

  Intimate partner

5060 (59.4)

57 (25.9)

2165 (73.9)

2838 (52.8)

< 0.001

  Family

1497 (17.6)

24 (10.9)

309 (10.6)

1164 (21.7)

< 0.001

  No relation

1796 (21.1)

135 (61.4)

413 (14.1)

1248 (23.2)

< 0.001

  Unknown

172 (2.0)

4 (1.8)

41 (1.4)

127 (2.4)

0.009

 Perpetrator’s occupation

  Professional

1679 (19.7)

60 (27.3)

384 (13.1)

1235 (23.0)

< 0.001

  General labor

2943 (34.5)

48 (21.8)

1238 (42.3)

1657 (30.8)

< 0.001

  Not in labor force

1819 (21.3)

30 (13.6)

672 (23.0)

1117 (20.8)

0.001

  Army or police

328 (3.9)

13 (5.9)

100 (3.4)

215 (4.0)

0.109

  Non gov. soldier

218 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

146 (5.0)

72 (1.3)

< 0.001

  Other

806 (9.5)

22 (10.0)

221 (7.6)

563 (10.5)

< 0.001

  Unknown

732 (8.6)

47 (21.4)

167 (5.7)

518 (9.6)

< 0.001

 Demobilized soldier

  No

7077 (83.0)

168 (76.4)

2330 (79.6)

4579 (85.2)

< 0.001

  Yes

557 (6.5)

11 (5.0)

291 (9.9)

255 (4.7)

< 0.001

  Unknown

891 (10.5)

41 (18.6)

307 (10.5)

543 (10.1)

< 0.001

  1. Note. GBV Gender-based violence, IDP Internally displaced person, IQR Interquartile range, NGO Non-governmental organization
  2. a Includes rape and sexual assault. Because the GBV categories were mutually exclusive, sexual violence survivors may also have experienced other types of violence
  3. b Includes economic and psychological violence
  4. c p-value based on Pearson’s chi-square, Fisher’s exact or median test