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Table 2 Factors associated with increased odds of help seeking (i.e., reporting assault to authorities or receiving services) among South Asian sexual assault survivors, (N = 286)

From: Help seeking and mental health outcomes among South Asian young adult survivors of sexual violence in the New York State Region

 

Total (n/mean)

Yes (n/mean)

Yes (%/SD)

UOR

AOR ^

Age, mean (SD)

 

23.0

23.6

3.49

1.06 (0.99–1.14)

**1.10 (1.02–1.20)

Sex at birth

Female

261

73

28.0%

Ref

Ref

Male

23

6

26.1%

0.91 (0.32–2.28)

1.12 (0.36–3.15)

Sexual orientation

Straight

200

49

24.5%

Ref

Ref

LGB + 

81

29

35.8%

1.72 (0.98–2.99)

*1.98 (1.05–3.71)

Muslim

No

147

40

27.2%

Ref

Ref

Yes

135

38

28.1%

1.05 (0.62–1.77)

1.10 (0.42–1.40)

Hindu

No

229

68

29.7%

Ref

Ref

Yes

53

10

18.9%

0.55 (0.25–1.12)

0.80 (0.34–1.75)

US-born

No

76

23

30.3%

Ref

Ref

Yes

210

56

26.7%

0.84 (0.47–1.51)

0.79 (0.42–1.50)

South Asian Perp

No

70

13

18.6%

Ref

Ref

Yes

215

66

30.7%

1.94 (1.02–3.92)

1.05 (0.48–2.39)

Perp. Type

Not family member

202

46

22.8%

Ref

Ref

Family member

84

33

39.3%

**2.19 (1.27–3.80)

*1.85 (1.01–3.40)

Perp. Location

Not home

179

43

24.0%

Ref

Ref

Home

107

36

33.6%

1.60 (0.94–2.72)

0.89 (0.45–1.71)

Disclosure stigma

 

2.0

1.8

0.9

**0.65 (0.47–0.88)

**0.60 (0.41–0.86)

Depression status

None or mild

77

14

18.2%

Ref

Ref

Moderate to severe

186

59

31.7%

*2.09 (1.11–4.16)

*2.16 (1.10–4.47)

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ^Adjusted for age, sex at birth, US-born, perp. type, disclosure stigma, depression status