Analysis of reported cases of sexual violence in Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, 2011–2018

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Table 3 Multivariate analysis with the crude and adjusted prevalence ratio of variables associated with cases of sexual violence. Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2011–2018. Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2011–2018

Victim Characteristics	Crude analysis			Adjusted analysis
Victim Characteristics	PR	CI 95%	p-value	PR	CI 95%	p-value
Gender			< 0.001			< 0.001
Male	Ref.			Ref.
Female	2.58	2.37–2.82		3.38	3.11–3.67
Age group			< 0.001			< 0.001
0 to 9 years	20.61	15.06–28.20		19.02	13.67–26.45
10 to 19 years	10.9	7.97–14.91		9.89	7.12–13.75
20 to 59 years	3.18	2.32–4.36		2.59	1.86–3.61
60 years or more	Ref.			Ref.
Skin Color			0.003			0.886
White	Ref.			Ref.
Black	1.1	1.03–1.17		1.01	0.95–1.07
Disabilities or disorders			< 0.001			< 0.001
No	1.70	1.54–1.88		1.18	1.08–1.30
Yes	Ref.			Ref.
Area of residence			< 0.001			0.005
Urban/Periurban	1.27	1.15–1.41		1.15	1.04–1.27
Rural	Ref.			Ref.
Characteristics of the aggressor
Age group			< 0.001			0,753
0 to19 years	1.26	1.15–1.38		1.04	0.94–1.16
20 to 59 years	Ref.			Ref.
60 years or more	1.37	1.13–1.67		1.02	0.82–1.28
Gender			< 0.001			< 0.001
Male	23.54	19.08–29.03		13.79	9.84–19.32
Female	Ref.			Ref.
Both	7.22	5.36–9.73		4.47	2.76–7.21
Relationship with the victim			< 0.001			< 0.001
Family member	Ref.			Ref.
Known	2.64	2.48–2.81		3.14	2.87–3.45
Unknown	2.73	2.55–2.93		6.01	5.36–6.74
Suspected alcohol use			0.001			0.002
No	1.14	1.06–1.23		1.13	1.04–1.22
Yes	Ref.			Ref.
Characteristics of occurrence
Number of people involved			0.024			0.003
One	1.10	1.01–1.19		1.19	1.06–1.34
Two or more	Ref.			Ref.
Place of occurrence			< 0.001			< 0.001
Residence	1.09	1.01–1.18		1.78	1.60–1.99
Public Highway	Ref.			Ref.
Others	1.28	1.15–1.43		1.22	1.07–1.39
Repeated violence			< 0.001			0.001
No	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	0.79	0.75–0.84		1.13	1.05–1.22

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