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Table 2 Past 12-month intimate partner violence among refugee/displaced adolescent girls and young women in Kampala (N = 233)
| Sociodemographic factor | Total N | Overall (N = 233) | No violence reported (N = 33, 14.2%) | 1 type of violence reported (N = 91, 39.1%) | + 1 type of violence reported (N = 109, 46.8%) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |||
| Age at interview date (years) | 233 | Mean = 20.01, SD = 2.48 | Range = 16–24 | Mean = 20.36, SD = 2.48 | Range = 16–24 | Mean = 19.47, SD = 2.35 | Range = 16–24 | Mean = 20.35, SD = 2.54 | Range = 16–24 | < 0.030 |
| Education | 233 | < 0.016 | ||||||||
| Less than post-secondary school | 116 | (49.8) | 14 | (42.4) | 56 | (61.8) | 46 | (42.7) | ||
| Post-secondary education | 117 | (50.2) | 19 | (57.6) | 35 | (38.5) | 63 | (57.8) | ||
| Country of birth | 233 | < 0.000 | ||||||||
| South Sudan | 23 | (9.9) | 4 | (12.1) | 13 | (14.3) | 6 | (5.5) | ||
| Burundi | 83 | (35.8) | 17 | (51.5) | 11 | (12.1) | 55 | (50.5) | ||
| DR Congo | 98 | (42.1) | 6 | (18.2) | 56 | (61.5) | 36 | (33.0) | ||
| Rwanda | 17 | (7.3) | 4 | (12.1) | 4 | (4.4) | 9 | (8.3) | ||
| Others | 12 | (5.2) | 2 | (6.1) | 7 | (7.7) | 3 | (2.8) | ||
| Immigration status | 231 | < 0.130 | ||||||||
| Refugees | 213 | (92.2) | 29 | (87.9) | 86 | (96.6) | 98 | (89.9) | ||
| Asylum seeker/undocumented | 18 | (7.8) | 4 | (12.1) | 3 | (3.4) | 11 | (10.1) | ||
| Time in Uganda 233 | < 0.031 | |||||||||
| > 1 year | 15 | (6.4) | 3 | (9.1) | 2 | (2.2) | 10 | (9.2) | ||
| 1–5 years | 135 | (57.9) | 15 | (45.5) | 50 | (54.9) | 70 | (64.2) | ||
| > 5 years | 83 | (35.6) | 15 | (45.5) | 39 | (42.9) | 29 | (26.6) | ||
| Employment | 233 | 0.000 | ||||||||
| Students | 93 | (39.9) | 18 | (54.5) | 46 | (50.5) | 29 | (26.6) | ||
| Employed | 43 | (18.5) | 2 | (6.1) | 10 | (11.0) | 31 | (28.4) | ||
| Unemployed | 97 | (41.6) | 13 | (39.4) | 35 | (38.5) | 49 | (45.0) | ||
| Relationship status | 226 | < 0.000 | ||||||||
| No current partner | 66 | (29.2) | 15 | (46.9) | 22 | (24.7) | 29 | (27.6) | ||
| Dating one partner/married | 123 | (54.4) | 11 | (34.4) | 66 | (74.2) | 46 | (43.8) | ||
| Casual dating/multiple partners | 37 | (16.4) | 6 | (18.8) | 1 | (1.1) | 30 | (28.6) | ||
| Mobile phone ownership and use | 233 | 0.66 | ||||||||
| No | 33 | 14.2 | 9 | (4.7) | 11 | (12.1) | 13 | (11.9) | ||
| Yes | 200 | 85.8 | 24 | (72.7) | 80 | (87.9) | 96 | (88.1) | ||
| Mobile App usage | 333 | 0.31 | ||||||||
| No | 18 | 7.7 | 4 | (12.1) | 4 | (4.4) | 10 | (8.4) | ||
| >1 | 36 | 15.5 | 4 | (12.1) | 22 | (24.2) | 10 | (16.8) | ||
| +1 | 179 | 76.8 | 25 | (75.8) | 65 | (71.4) | 89 | (81.7) | ||
| Depressive symptoms | 333 | 0.079 | ||||||||
| No | 87 | 26.13 | 12 | (36.4) | 17 | (18.7) | 21 | (19.3) | ||
| Yes | 246 | 73.87 | 21 | (63.6) | 74 | (81.3) | 88 | (80.7) | ||
| transactional sex engagement | 229 | 0.000 | ||||||||
| No | 150 | (65.5) | 24 | (72.7) | 75 | (83.3) | 51 | (48.1) | ||
| Yes | 79 | (34.5) | 9 | (27.3) | 15 | (16.7) | 55 | (51.9) | ||
| Sexual Relationship Power | 233 | Mean = 30.33, SD = 6.40 | Range = 11–44 | Mean = 31.58, SD = 5.85 | Range = 22–44 | Mean = 33.36, SD = 6.22 | Range = 22–44 | Mean = 27.42, SD = 6.26 | Range = 11–44 | 0.000 |
| Adolescent sexual and reproductive health stigma | 233 | Mean = 13.68, SD = 4.08 | Range = 1–19 | Mean = 13.36, SD = 4.82 | Range = 1–19 | Mean = 14.30, SD = 3.35 | Range = 4–19 | Mean = 13.27, SD = 3.87 | Range = 3–19 | 0.185 |
| Food insecurity | 233 | 0.850 | ||||||||
| No | 71 | (30.5) | 9 | (27.3) | 27 | (29.7) | 35 | (32.1) | ||
| Yes | 162 | (65.5) | 24 | (72.7) | 64 | (70.3) | 74 | (67.9) | ||
| Perceived Community safety | 233 | 0.436 | ||||||||
| Not safe | 99 | (42.5) | 11 | (33.3) | 38 | (41.8) | 50 | (45.9) | ||
| Safe | 134 | (57.5) | 22 | (66.7) | 53 | (58.2) | 59 | (54.1) | ||
