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Table 4 Perpetrators 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

Perpetrator

 - Husband/Spouse/Boyfriends

107 (46.1%)

70 (95.9%)

14 (37.8%)

23 (18.9%)

 - Regular paying clients

45 (19.4%)

NAa

NAa

45 (36.9%)

 - First-time paying clients

46 (19.8%)

NAa

NAa

46 (37.7%)

 - Regular non-client partner

19 (8.2%)

NAa

14 (37.8%)

5 (4.1%)

 - First-time non-client partner

10 (4.3%)

NAa

8 (21.6%)

2 (1.6%)

 - Others

5 (2.2%)

3 (4.1%)

1 (2.7%)

1 (0.8%)

Last Physical Violence

Overall, N (%)

N = 66

YCS, N (%)

N = 16

YTS, N (%)

N = 10

YSW, N (%)

N = 40

Perpetrator

 - Husband/Spouse/Boyfriends

22 (33.3%)

16 (100.0%)

3 (30.0%)

3 (7.5%)

 - Regular paying clients

16 (24.2%)

NAa

NAa

16 (40.0%)

 - First-time paying clients

14 (21.2%)

NAa

NAa

14 (35.0%)

 - Regular non-client partner

12 (18.2%)

NAa

6 (60.0%)

6 (15.0%)

 - First-time non-client partner

2 (3.0%)

NAa

1 (10.0%)

1 (2.5%)

 - Others

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. aThis question was not asked to the specific subgroup