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Table 2 Prevalence of risk factors in sample

From: Characteristics of the Colombian armed conflict and the mental health of civilians living in active conflict zones

Risk factor

N

%

Problems in family social support network

3059

48.1

Living alongside members of armed groups

2530

39.8

Economic problems

1849

29.1

Problems in wider social support network

1374

21.6

Exposure to other violence (physical or psychological)

1004

15.8

Female abuse

1004

15.8

Forced displacement

952

15.0

Problems in social support network related to conflict

827

13.0

Violent death of significant person

655

10.3

Abandonment and negligence (object)

558

8.8

Death of significant person

560

8.8

Direct threat from armed group

549

8.6

Exposure to explosives

532

8.4

Witness to sexual violence against significant person

26

4.0

Victim of sexual violence

235

3.7

Abandonment and negligence (subject)

230

3.6

Unwanted pregnancy

2001

3.1

Child abuse

179

2.8

Disappearance of significant person

117

1.8

Detention or kidnapping of significant person

103

1.6

Patient is a member of an armed group

104

1.6

Displacement due to fumigation1

71

1.1

Witness to torture of significant person

69

1.1

Forced recruitment of significant person

55

0.9

No risk factors recorded

45

0.7

  1. 1 Aerial fumigation is used in Colombia to eradicate coca crops as part of government anti-cocaine trafficking measures. Those who rely on coca for their livelihood or those who have their food crops destroyed by the same process may be forced to leave their dwellings.