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Table 1 Socio-demographics of women and girls who experienced NPSV or IPV and disclosed the experience or sought help

From: Nowhere to go: disclosure and help-seeking behaviors for survivors of violence against women and girls in South Sudan

 

Overall Sample (n = 1359)

NPSV disclosure and help seeking (n = 779) % (95%CI)

IPV disclosure and help seeking (n = 1163) % (95%CI)

Told Someone

Sought Help

Told Someone

Sought Help

Total

 

54% (50–58)

27% (23–30)

56% (53–59)

36% (33–38)

Location

 Juba

24%

49% (42–57)***

11% (7–17)***

49% (43–55)***

15% (11–20)***

 Rumbek

39%

64% (58–69)***

31% (26–37)***

70% (66–74)***

52% (48–57)***

 Juba PoCs

37%

48% (43–54)***

30%(25–35)***

42% (37–47)***

29% (25–34)***

Age

 15–19

17%

48% (41–55)

22% (17–29)

42% (34–51)***

26% (19–35)**

 20–29

46%

53% (48–58)

25% (21–30)

53% (49–57)***

33% (30–37)**

 30–39

22%

58% (50–65)

27% (30–35)

61% (55–67)***

37% (32–43)**

 40–64

14%

64% (54–74)

38% (28–49)

64% (57–71)***

46% (39–53)**

Education

 No education

44%

55% (49–60)

31% (26–36)*

63% (59–67)***

46% (42–50)***

 Primary education

28%

53% (47–59)

23% (18–29)*

48% (43–54)***

27% (22–32)***

 Secondary or higher

28%

54% (48–61)

23% (18–29)*

50% (45–56)***

26% (21–31)***

Occupation

 Not Working

64%

52% (47–56)

27% (23–31)*

57% (54–61)**

36% (33–39)

 Student

14%

54% (46–63)

18% (13–26)*

41% (32–50)**

26% (19–35)

 Working

23%

62% (54–69)

32% (25–40)*

58% (52–63)**

38% (33–44)

Primary Source of Income

 No Income/ Humanitarian Aid

28%

46% (40–52)**

30% (25–36)

48% (42–53)**

34% (29–39)***

 Money from own work

20%

63% (54–70)**

24% (18–32)

65% (59–70)**

50% (43–56)***

 Support from husband

31%

54% (47–61)**

27% (21–33)

58% (53–62)**

30% (26–35)***

 Other Support

21%

58% (51–65)**

23% (17–29)

53% (46–60)**

31% (25–38)***

Main Source of Cooking Fuel

 Wood/Gras/Other

41%

51% (46–57)

24% (19–29)

62% (57–66)***

45% (40–49)***

 Charcoal

59%

56% (51–60)

28% (24–32)

51% (47–55)***

29% (26–32)***

House

 Hut [Tukul]

38%

57% (51–63)*

22% (18–27)

62% (58–66)***

42% (37–46)**

 House/apartment

16%

61% (52–70)*

27% (19–36)

59% (52–66)***

30% (24–37)**

 Temporary or communal shelter

45%

50% (45–55)*

29% (25–34)

48% (44–53)***

32% (28–36)**

Marital Status- Ever married

81%

55% (51–59)

29%* (25–32)

58% (44–61)***

38% (35–41)***

  1. Note: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001