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Table 7 Perception of Private college female students towards GBV in Dessie city administration 2021

From: Gender-based violence and associated factors among private college female students in Dessie City, Ethiopia: mixed method study

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percent (%)

Perceive GBV against the female as a problem

Yes

351

87.5

No

50

12.5

Perceiving this problem as punishable

Yes

337

84

No

64

16

Perceiving those problems as preventable

Yes

365

91

No

36

9

Perceived mechanisms to prevent those problems*

Legal enacting

183

45.9

Create awareness of female

266

66.5

Create awareness of male

257

64.4

Create awareness of family

213

53.4

Empowering women

232

58.1

Strengthen clubs

91

22.8

Stop girls appeal dressing

163

40.9

Other

10

2.5

Perceived reasons for GBV*

Girls dressing style

313

78.4

Male dominancy

251

62.9

Low negotiation power of girls

234

58.6

Drinking alcohol

206

51.6

Smoking cigarette

62

15.5

Chewing chat

76

19

Loss family control

127

31.8

Other

9

2.3

Source of information about sexuality*

No information

71

17.8

The school (teacher)

66

16.6

Health worker (health center)

110

27.6

Family

49

12.3

Friend

172

43.1

Mass media

205

51.4

Video,film,internet

269

67.4

Other

22

5.5

  1. N.B * multiple responses can't be added up to 100%