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Table 4 Behaviour, work-related factors, and family environment among waitresses working in a hospitality workplace in Bahir Dar City from January to August 2019

From: Factors associated with sexual violence among waitresses working in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: a mixed-method study

Experience

No

No (%)

Yes

No (%)

Have you ever been drinking alcohol in the last six months?*

312 (77.8)

89 (22.2)

Have you ever been using drugs in the last six months?

399 (99.5)

2 (0.5)

Did you practice sexual fantasies supportive of SV in the last 6 months?*

377 (94)

24 (6)

Did you have impulsive and anti-social tendencies?*

392 (97.8)

9 (2.2)

Did you face sexual abuse as a child?*

375 (93.5)

26 (6.5)

Did you witness family violence as a child?*

286 (71.3)

115 (28.7)

Did you have sexually aggressive and delinquent peers?*

328 (81.8)

73 (18.2)

Did you have a family environment characterized by poverty & few resources?*

200 (49.9)

201 (50.1)

Did you have a particularly robust relationship or family environment?*

26 (6.5)

375 (93.5)

Did you have an emotionally unsupportive family?*

112 (27.9)

289 (72.1)

Did your family consider their honour more important than your health & safety?*

307 (76.6)

94 (23.4)

Did you face poverty mediated through forms of crises of male identity?

341 (85)

60 (15)

Did you face a lack of employment opportunities?

204 (50.9)

197 (49.1)

Did you face a lack of support from the police or other judicial body?

333 (83)

68 (17)

Did you tolerate sexual assault within your community?

258 (64.3)

143 (35.7)

Did you have weak community sanctions against perpetrators of SV?

271 (67.6)

130 (32.4)

Did you have societal norms supportive of sexual violence?

309 (77.1)

92 (22.9)

Did you have societal norms supportive of male superiority?

214 (53.4)

187 (46.6)

Did society have weak laws and policies related to SV?

292 (72.8)

109 (27.2)

Did your community have weak laws and policies related to gender equality?

298 (74.3)

103 (25.7)

Did you witness a high level of crimes and other forms of violence in your community?

249 (62.1)

152 (37.9)

Did you wear uniforms in your workplace?

68 (17)

333 (83)

What type of uniform did you wear?

 Mini

 

250 (74.9)

 Skirt

 

10 (3)

Trouser

 

30 (9)

Others

 

43 (13.1)

Do you like the uniform?

127 (38)

206 (62)

Did you work a shift?

87 (21.7)

314 (78.3)

Which shift are you working on?

 Morning

 

199 (63.2)

 Afternoon

 

61 (19.4)

 Evening

 

9 (2.9)

 Others

 

45 (14.6)

Which shift do you think exposure to sexual violence?

 Morning

 

5 (1.2)

 Afternoon

 

155 (38.7)

 Evening

 

123 (30.7)

 Others

 

34 (8.5)

 Do not know

 

84 (20.9)

Did you face problems due to the refusal of sexual violence?

353 (88)

48 (12)

Are the rights and responsibilities of employees known in your workplace?

278 (56.9)

123 (43.1)

  1. * Casey and Masters [22]