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Table 3 Prevalence of self-reported and secondary reported gender-based violence and results of two-sample z-test for differences in prevalence by reporting population

From: Evaluating the reliability and validity of secondary reporting to measure gender-based violence in conflict and disaster

Reporting population comparison

Type of violence

Study sample

Standard reported prevalence (n)

Secondary reported -prevalence(n)

z-test

p-value

Respondent vs. neighbor head-of-household

Physical violence

Uganda

51..70% (201)

44.00% (1166)

0..04

Physical violence

Liberia, Montserrado

76.70% (296)

69.20% (1170)

0.01

Physical violence

Liberia, Nimba

83.30% (300)

75.70% (1178)

0.01

Intimate partner rape

Uganda

40.50% (200)

25.10% (1109)

< 0.01

Intimate partner rape

Liberia, Montserrado

76.70% (163)

66.90% (640)

0.02

Intimate partner rape

Liberia, Nimba

81.60% (152)

72.00% (536)

0.02

Non-intimate partner rape

Uganda

5.50% (201)

3.30% (1160)

0.12

Non-intimate partner rape

Liberia, Montserrado

23.40% (295)

13.60% (1131)

< 0.01

Non-intimate partner rape

Liberia, Nimba

33.70% (300)

24.20% (1135)

0.01

Respondent household vs. neighbor household

Physical violence

Liberia, Montserrado

45.00% (1264)

50.90% (4119)

< 0.01

Physical violence

Liberia, Nimba

44.00% (1163)

50.90% (3640)

< 0.01

Physical violence, women

Ethiopia, Aw Barre Town

57.60% (118)

57.90% (442)

0.96

Physical violence, women

Ethiopia, Kebribeya Camp

63.60% (151)

49.40% (514)

0.01

Physical violence, women

Sri Lanka, IDP sites

13.00% (177)

14.00% (486)

0.74

Physical violence, women

Sri Lanka, villages

10.30% (252)

9.20% (721)

0.59

Physical violence, boys

Sri Lanka, IDP sites

2.00% (152)

5.50% (433)

0.07

Physical violence, boys

Sri Lanka, villages

6.70% (164)

3.60% (494)

0.10

Physical violence, girls

Ethiopia, Aw Barre Town

29.20% (120)

28.50% (417)

0.89

Physical violence, girls

Ethiopia, Kebribeya Camp

29.60% (152)

22.70% (446)

0.09

Physical violence, girls

Sri Lanka, IDP sites

2.90% (139)

7.60% (344)

0.05

Physical violence, girls

Sri Lanka, villages

3.40% (176)

3.70% (482)

0.84

Intimate partner rape

Liberia, Montserrado

73.50% (268)

74.70% (958)

0.68

Intimate partner rape

Liberia, Nimba

69.00% (197)

74.90% (582)

0.11

Non-intimate partner rape

Liberia, Montserrado

19.70% (1240)

20.50% (3999)

0.53

Non-intimate partner rape

Liberia, Nimba

23.30% (1145)

26.80% (3516)

0.02

Non-intimate partner rape, women

Ethiopia, Aw Barre Town

43.00% (121)

42.00% (443)

0.85

Non-intimate partner rape, women

Ethiopia, Kebribeya Camp

34.00% (150)

34.40% (514)

0.92

Non-intimate partner rape, women

Sri Lanka, IDP sites

6.80% (176)

2.50% (476)

0.01

Non-intimate partner rape, women

Sri Lanka, villages

3.20% (251)

3.30% (707)

0.96

Non-intimate partner rape, girls

Ethiopia, Aw Barre Town

2.50% (120)

8.40% (417)

0.03

Non-intimate partner rape, girls

Ethiopia, Kebribeya Camp

1.32% (152)

4.00% (446)

0.11

Non-intimate partner rape, girls

Sri Lanka, IDP sites

0.00% (139)

0.30% (342)

0.52

Non-intimate partner rape, girls

Sri Lanka, villages

0.00% (176)

0.20% (481)

0.55

Respondent vs. sister

Physical violence

Uganda

51.70% (201)

36.50% (266)

0.01

Intimate partner rape

Uganda

40.50% (200)

22.10% (254)

< 0.01

Non-intimate partner rape

Uganda

5.50% (201)

3.40% (263)

0.28