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Table 9 Sexual violence, broken down by Refugee vs Cameroonian

From: Need for a gender-sensitive human security framework: results of a quantitative study of human security and sexual violence in Djohong District, Cameroon

Characteristic

Refugee n = 77

Refugee % (95% CI)*

Cameroonian n = 128

Cameroonian % (95% CI)*

Lifetime prevalence

78** (191)

40.8 (31.5 – 50.8)

128 (395)

32.4 (25.2 – 40.5)

Sexual violence in the past 6 months

30

39.0 (21.7 – 59.6)

49

38.3 (28.4 – 49.2)

Perpetrator

Husband

40

52.0 (35.4 – 68.1)

91

71.1 (61.0 – 79.5)

Member of my family

0

 

1

0.8 (0–6)

Friend or Member of the Community

12

15.6 (8.3 – 27.2)

28

21.2 (13.9 – 32.8)

Soldier/rebel or coupeurs de route***

30

39.0 (25.6 – 54.2)

5

3.9 (1.4 – 10.5)

Unknown

3

3.9 (1.3 – 11.5)

3

2.3 (0.7 – 7.3)

Multiple perpetrators

29

37.7 (22.9 – 52.5)

8

6.3 (1.6 – 10.9)

  1. *Data presented as mean % and weighted % (95% CI).
  2. **The above respondent identified as ‘refugee’, thus further analyses are on 77 refugees only.
  3. ***8 people said both soldiers/rebel and coupers de route in a multiple perp sexual violence. Soldiers/rebels and coupers de route were combined based on qualitative data collected by the authors that suggests overlap among these groups in Northwest CAR.
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