“It was with my consent since he was providing me with money”: a mixed methods study of adolescent perspectives on peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 1 Participant demographics of qualitative micronarratives analyzed

Demographic	Value	n	%
Age	13–17	159	100
Who story is about	About me	26	16.35
	About someone in my family	26	16.35
	Someone else I know	107	67.30
Sex	Male	59	37.11
Sex	Female	100	62.89
Income group*	Average	83	52.20
	Poor	61	38.36
	Well-off	15	9.44
Education	Some secondary school	53	33.33
	Some primary school	62	38.99
	None	19	11.95
	Completed primary school	14	8.81
	Some university	4	2.52
	Completed secondary school	6	3.77
	Completed technical training	1	0.63
Marital status	Single never married	152	95.60
	Divorced	0	0.00
	Living with partner	1	0.63
	Married	6	3.70
	Prefer not to say	0	0.00
	Separated	0	0.00
Area collected	Bukavu	46	28.93
	Kalemie	13	8.18
	Goma	93	58.49
	Kisangani	3	1.89
	Beni	2	1.26
	Bunia	2	1.26

*We assessed household income through a proxy measure which asked if the family owned any the following items: (1) mobile phone, (2) radio, (3) generator inverter or sun panel, (4) any type of motorized vehicle, or (5) refrigerator or freezer. Participants could choose as many items as was applicable or they could choose ‘none of the above.’ Income was then categorized as follows: access to none or 1 of the 5 items was rated as ‘poor,’ access to 2 or 3 of the items was rated as ‘average’ and access to 4 or 5 of the items was rated as ‘well-off.’

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