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Table 7 Potential correlates of lifetime experience of physical and sexual violence by subgroup

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

Ever experienced physical violence

YCS

YTS

YSW

Overall, N (%)

N = 714

Experienced violence, N (%)

N = 73

P value

Overall, N (%)

N = 177

Experienced violence, N (%)

N = 39

P value

Overall, N (%)

N = 408

Experienced violence N (%)

N = 122

P value

Aged < 18 years

223 (31.2%)

21 (28.8%)

0.716

40 (22.6%)

12 (30.8%)

0.189

63 (15.4%)

23 (18.9%)

0.212

Can read and write

693 (97.1%)

70 (95.9%)

0.737

172 (97.2%)

38 (97.4%)

1.0

397 (97.3%)

121 (99.2%)

0.227

Regular source of income

80 (11.2%)

7 (9.6%)

0.845

17 (9.6%)

4 (10.3%)

1.0

67 (16.4%)

13 (10.7%)

0.042

Consumed alcohol almost every day or every day in last month

2 (0.3%)

2 (2.7%)

0.010

11 (6.2%)

7 (17.9%)

0.003

121 (29.7%)

50 (41.0%)

0.001

Ever pregnant

189 (26.5%)

30 (41.1%)

0.005

70 (39.5%)

18 (46.2%)

0.359

234 (57.4%)

84 (68.9%)

0.002

Currently student

203 (28.4%)

15 (20.5%)

0.132

30 (16.9%)

3 (7.7%)

0.094

33 (8.1%)

12 (9.8%)

0.429

Venue based hotspot

585 (81.9%)

58 (79.5%)

0.525

136 (76.8%)

35 (89.7%)

0.032

348 (85.3%)

103 (84.4%)

0.761

Ever experienced sexual violence

YCS

YTS

YSW

Overall, N (%)

N = 714

Experienced violence, N(%)

N = 97

P value

Overall, N (%)

N = 177

Experienced violence, N (%)

N = 50

P value

Overall, N (%)

N = 408

Experienced violence, N(%)

N = 119

P value

Aged < 18 years

223 (31.2%)

40 (41.3%)

0.029

40 (22.6%)

16 (32.0%)

0.049

63 (15.5%)

17 (14.3%)

0.865

Can read and write

693 (97.1%)

93 (95.9%)

0.700

172 (97.2%)

46 (92.0%)

0.040

397 (97.3%)

119 (100%)

0.065

Regular source of income

80 (11.2%)

10 (10.3%)

0.864

17 (9.6%)

7 (14.0%)

0.258

67 (16.4%)

14 (11.8%)

0.109

Consumed alcohol almost every day or every day in last month

2 (0.3%)

1 (1.0%)

0.253

11 (6.2%)

4 (8.0%)

0.508

121 (29.7%)

46 (38.7%)

0.012

Ever pregnant

189 (26.5%)

32 (33.0%)

0.137

70 (39.5%)

21 (42.0%)

0.734

234 (57.4%)

84 (70.6%)

< 0.001

Currently student

203 (28.4%)

27 (27.8%)

1.000

30 (16.9%)

7 (14%)

0.657

33 (8.1%)

11 (9.2%)

0.556

Venue based hotspot

585 (81.9%)

81 (83.5%)

0.777

136 (76.8%)

41 (82%)

0.332

348 (85.3%)

101 (84.9%)

0.879

  1. P-values from Chi-squared test. Significant correlates (p < 0.05) shown in bold. These are descriptive statistics for association