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. 2023 Nov 2;20:164. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00895-7

Table 2.

Correlates of experiencing violence among all participants in the past year

Variables Any Violence Physical Violence Threatened Violence Sexual Violence
n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI]
Total
1439/3302[44%] 1152/3302[35%] 758/3302[23%] 232/3302[7%]
Sex
Male 1074/2336[46%] 1(Ref) 839/2336 [36%] 1(Ref) 609/2336 [26%] 1(Ref) 124/2336 [5%] 1(Ref)
Female 365/966 [38%] 0.82 **[0.75, 0.9] 313/966 [32%] 0.9[0.81, 1] 149/966 [15%] 0.59 **[0.5, 0.7] 108/966 [11%] 2.11 **[1.65, 2.7]
Age
18–30 years 542/1273 [43%] 1(Ref) 442/1273 [35%] 1(Ref) 273/1273 [21%] 1(Ref) 97/1273 [8%] 1(Ref)
31–40 years 623/1354 [46%] 1.08[0.99, 1.18] 504/1354 [37%] 1.07[0.97, 1.19] 333/1354 [25%] 1.15[1, 1.32] 105/1354 [8%] 1.02[0.78, 1.33]
 > 40 years 274/675 [41%] 0.95[0.85, 1.07] 206/675 [31%] 0.88[0.77, 1.01] 152/675 [23%] 1.05[0.88, 1.25] 30/675 [4%] 0.58 *[0.39, 0.87]
Region
Nairobi 595/1714 [35%] 1(Ref) 510/1714 [30%] 1(Ref) 260/1714 [15%] 1(Ref) 54/1714 [3%] 1(Ref)
Coast 844/1588 [53%] 1.53 **[1.41, 1.66] 642/1588 [40%] 1.36 **[1.24, 1.49] 498/1588 [31%] 2.07 **[1.81, 2.36] 178/1588 [11%] 3.56 **[2.64, 4.79]
Marital Status
Single 537/1368 [39%] 1(Ref) 445/1368 [33%] 1(Ref) 265/1368 [19%] 1(Ref) 84/1368 [6%] 1(Ref)
Married 365/857 [43%] 1.08[0.98, 1.2] 276/857 [32%] 0.99[0.87, 1.12] 204/857 [24%] 1.23 *[1.05, 1.44] 71/857 [8%] 1.35[1, 1.83]
Partnered 121/221 [55%] 1.39 **[1.22, 1.6] 95/221 [43%] 1.32 *[1.11, 1.57] 72/221 [33%] 1.68 **[1.35, 2.09] 24/221 [11%] 1.77 *[1.15, 2.72]
Divorced/ Separated/ Widow 416/854 [49%] 1.24 **[1.13, 1.37] 336/854 [39%] 1.21 *[1.08, 1.35] 217/854 [25%] 1.31 **[1.12, 1.54] 53/854[6%] 1.01[0.72, 1.41]
Employment
Formal 76/176 [43%] 1(Ref) 57/176 [32%] 1(Ref) 42/176 [24%] 1(Ref) 13/176 [7%] 1(Ref)
Self-employ 151/391 [39%] 0.89[0.72, 1.1] 119/391 [30%] 0.94[0.72, 1.22] 75/391 [19%] 0.8[0.58, 1.12] 26/391 [7%] 0.9[0.47, 1.71]
Informal 218/511 [43%] 0.99[0.81, 1.2] 172/511 [34%] 1.04[0.81, 1.33] 124/511 [24%] 1.02[0.75, 1.38] 16/511 [3%] 0.42 *[0.21, 0.86]
Illegal 243/491 [49%] 1.15[0.95, 1.39] 200/491 [41%] 1.26[0.99, 1.6] 121/491 [25%] 1.03[0.76, 1.4] 59/491 [12%] 1.63[0.92, 2.89]
No income or partner family support 95/256 [37%] 0.86[0.68, 1.08] 78/256 [30%] 0.94[0.71, 1.25] 50/256 [20%] 0.82[0.57, 1.18] 26/256 [10%] 1.38[0.73, 2.6]
Housing
Stable 1238/2888 [43%] 1(Ref) 976/2888 [34%] 1(Ref) 646/2888 [22%] 1(Ref) 218/2888 [8%] 1(Ref)
Unstable 201/410 [49%] 1.14 *[1.03, 1.27] 176/410 [43%] 1.27 **[1.12, 1.44] 112/410 [27%] 1.22 *[1.03, 1.45] 14/410 [3%] 0.45 *[0.27, 0.77]
Partner type
Injecting 988/2326 [42%] 1(Ref) 782/2326 [34%] 1(Ref) 512/2326 [22%] 1(Ref) 144/2326 [6%] 1(Ref)
Sexual 256/590 [43%] 1.02 [0.92, 1.13] 206/590 [35%] 1.04[0.92, 1.18] 154/590 [26%] 1.19 *[1.01, 1.39] 59/590 [10%] 1.62 *[1.21, 2.16]
Both sex and inject 191/380 [50%] 1.18 *[1.06, 1.32] 162/380 [43%] 1.27 **[1.11, 1.44] 90/380 [24%] 1.08[0.88, 1.31] 27/380 [7%] 1.15[0.77, 1.71]
HIV status
Negative 1178/2697 [44%] 1(Ref) 937/2697 [35%] 1(Ref) 635/2697 [24%] 1(Ref) 177/2697 [7%] 1(Ref)
Positive 255/594 [43%] 0.98[0.89, 1.09] 211/594 [36%] 1.02[0.91, 1.15] 120/594 [20%] 0.86[0.72, 1.02] 54/594 [9%] 1.39 *[1.03, 1.85]
ART
On ART 199/461 [43%] 1(Ref) 163/461 [35%] 1(Ref) 90/461 [20%] 1(Ref) 35/461 [8%] 1(Ref)
Not on ART 56/133 [42%] 0.98[0.78, 1.22] 48/133 [36%] 1.02[0.79, 1.32] 30/133 [23%] 1.16[0.8, 1.67] 19/133 [14%] 1.88 *[1.11, 3.18]
Injecting drug use and Methadone status
No active IDU/Methadone 19/69 [28%] 1(Ref) 18/69 [26%] 1(Ref) 7/69 [10%] 1(Ref) 1/69 [1%] 1(Ref)
Active IDU/Methadone 229/475 [48%] 1.75 *[1.18, 2.6] 182/475 [38%] 1.47 [0.97, 2.22] 123/475 [26%] 2.55 *[1.24, 5.24] 56/475 [12%] 8.13 *[1.14, 57.82]
Active IDU/ No Methadone 904/2147 [42%] 1.53 *[1.04, 2.25] 729/2147 [34%] 1.3 [0.87, 1.94] 445/2147 [21%] 2.04 *[1.01, 4.14] 104/2147 [5%] 3.34 [0.47, 23.6]
No active IDU/ No Methadone 26/57 [46%] 1.66 *[1.03, 2.67] 22/57 [39%] 1.48 [0.88, 2.48] 12/57 [21%] 2.08 [0.87, 4.92] 5/57 [9%] 6.05 [0.73, 50.33]

*Significant at 0.05 alpha level (p value < 0.05)

**Significant at 0.001 alpha level (p value < 0.001)