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Table 3 Patterns of physical violence

From: Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

First Physical Violence

Overall, N (%)

N = 234

YCS, N (%)

N = 73

YTS, N (%)

N = 39

YSW, N (%)

N = 122

P-value

Sex (vaginal or anal) during the first episode of physical violence

146 (62.4%)

29 (39.7%)

23 (59.0%)

94 (77.0%)

< 0.001

Used condom in that sexual act

76 (52.1%)

8 (27.6%)

12 (52.2%)

56 (59.6%)

0.01

Last Physical Violence

Overall, N (%)

N = 74

YCS, N (%)

N = 18

YTS, N (%)

N = 12

YSW, N (%)

N = 44

P-value

Sex (vaginal or anal) during the last episode of violence

46 (62.2%)

6 (33.3%)

4 (33.3%)

36 (81.8%)

< 0.001

Used condom in the sexual act

28 (60.9%)

2 (33.3%)

2 (50.0%)

24 (66.7%)

0.32

  1. P-values from Fisher’s exact test