Comprehensive development and testing of the ASIST-GBV, a screening tool for responding to gender-based violence among women in humanitarian settings

Table 3 Demographics and recent experiences of violence, as identified by the ASIST-GBV screening tool among participants of the implementation phase in Ethiopia and Colombia (N = 998)

	Country
	Ethiopia (N = 487)			Colombia (N = 511)
	n	Col %		n	Col %
Demographics
Camp/Town where Implementation Phase was conducted
Bokolomayo	483	100.0	Mocoa	508	100.0
Median age (range)	29	(15–81)		29	(18–62)
Refugee Country of Origin			Colombian Ethnicity
Somalia	480	100.0	Mestizo/Blanco	389	76.9
			Afro-Colombiana	43	8.5
			Indigena	72	14.2
			Raizal de Archipelago	2	0.4
			Other	1	0.2
Median years in camp/displaced setting (range)	2	(0–20)		7	(2–15)
Marital Status
Married/Living together	401	84.1		291	57.4
Formerly married	39	8.2		60	11.8
Single	37	7.8		156	30.8
Education (completed)
Never	249	56.7		13	2.6
Pre-school or primary	136	31.0		198	39.9
Secondary	51	11.6		244	49.2
Technical	0	0.0		41	8.3
University or higher	3	0.7		0	0.0
Recent GBV (ASIST-GBV items)
Threatened/insulted	172	35.7		210	41.5
Physically hurt	224	46.6		119	23.5
Forced sex	98	20.4		182	36.0
Sexual exploitation	133	27.7		102	20.2
Forced pregnancy	76	15.8		10	2.0
Forced abortion	NA	NA		8	1.6
Forced marriage	95	19.9		21	4.2
Any type of GBV	244	50.6		319	63.4
Accepted a referral (if ASIST-GBV is positive)	105	43.8		236	74.2

N/A: Screening item about forced abortion not included in Ethiopian instrument; some participants may have been screened more than once

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