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Table 2 Quantitative sample (n = 319) characteristics at time 1

From: Intimate partner violence against women on the Colombia Ecuador border: a mixed-methods analysis of the liminal migrant experience

 

n

%

Emotional IPV in the last six months (time 2)

85

26.65

Physical and/or sexual IPV in the last six months (time 2)

46

14.42

Demographics

 Age (Mean years)

 

32.96

Highest Education Level

 Primary or less

246

77.10

 Secondary or higher

73

22.90

 Female headed households

9

2.82

Province

 Carchi

124

38.90

 Sucumbíos

195

61.10

Previous Trauma

 Forced Migration

129

40.4

Migration-related adversity (Experienced by anyone in household)

 Verbally threatened

74

23.2

 Verbally insulted but not threatened

80

25.1

 Threatened with a knife, gun or other type of weapon

37

11.6

 Attacked with a knife, gun or other type of weapon

23

7.2

 Wounded or physically attached in some other way

23

7.2

 Kidnapped

10

3.13

 Forced to perform manual or some other kind of labour

19

5.96

 Extorted for money or other goods

14

4.4

 Stolen or damaged property

49

15.4

 Forced to join a military group

21

6.58

 Sexual aggression (rape, verbal or physical assault)

16

5

Social Isolation

 Family in area when moved here

134

42

 Allowed to leave city without permission

32

10

 I can count on my neighbour to watch after my house

111

34.8

 I feel part of the community

40

12.5

 I feel alone

198

62.1

 Perceived discrimination because of race/ethnicity in last six months

19

5.96

 Perceived discrimination because of nationality in last six months

116

36.4

Economic Instability

 Rent

266

83.4

 Food Consumption Score (1)

 

56

 Household wealth (2)

 

−0.08

 Value of female assets (USD)

 

51.1

 Asset ratio between male and female partner (3)

 

33.7

 Female earns same or more as their partner

48

15.05

 Female lost employment (4)

45

14.11

 Female gained employment (4)

48

15.05

  1. 1. Calculated by summing the number of days eight different food groups were consumed by a household, multiplying these by weighted frequencies, and summing across food groups
  2. 2. Constructed as recommended by the Demographic Health Survey using principal component analysis of source of drinking water, type of toilet, sharing of toilet facilities, material of principal floor, walls, roof, cooking fuel, and household services and possessions, such as electricity, TV, radio, types of vehicles, agricultural land size owned, and type and number of animals owned
  3. 3. Assets include: land, large and small animals, agricultural tools, household appliances, computers, cell phones, bikes and vehicles
  4. 4. Participants were categorised as participating in the labour force if they responded yes to any of the following questions: In the last six months have you 1) farmed your own land; 2) worked in an agricultural position for pay; 3) worked in a non-agricultural position for pay; or 4) worked on non-agricultural activities, on their own, like a small business