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

Table 3.

Correlates of experiencing violence among male participants in the past year

Variables Any Violence Physical Violence Threaten Violence Sexual Violence
n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI] n/N (%) PR[95% CI]
Total
1074/2336[46%] 839/2336[36%] 609/2336[26%] 124/2336[5%]
Age
18–30 years 362/775 [47%] 1(Ref) 287/775 [37%] 1(Ref) 205/775 [26%] 1(Ref) 42/775 [5%] 1(Ref)
31–40 years 477/999 [48%] 1.02 [0.93, 1.13] 379/999 [38%] 1.02 [0.91, 1.16] 268/999 [27%] 1.01 [0.87, 1.19] 66/999 [7%] 1.22 [0.84, 1.77]
 > 40 years 235/562 [42%] 0.9 [0.79, 1.01] 173/562 [31%] 0.83 *[0.71, 0.97] 136/562 [24%] 0.91 [0.76, 1.1] 16/562 [3%] 0.53 *[0.3, 0.92]
Region
Nairobi 422/1088 [39%] 1(Ref) 366/1088 [34%] 1(Ref) 213/1088 [20%] 1(Ref) 16/1088 [1%] 1(Ref)
Coast 652/1248 [52%] 1.35 **[1.23, 1.48] 473/1248 [38%] 1.13 *[1.01, 1.26] 396/1248 [32%] 1.62 **[1.4, 1.87] 108/1248 [9%] 5.88 **[3.5, 9.89]
Marital Status
Single 383/898 [43%] 1(Ref) 316/898 [35%] 1(Ref) 202/898 [22%] 1(Ref) 43/898 [5%] 1(Ref)
Married 298/669 [45%] 1.04 [0.93, 1.17] 218/669 [33%] 0.93 [0.8, 1.07] 174/669 [26%] 1.16 [0.97, 1.38] 50/669 [7%] 1.56 * [1.05, 2.32]
Partnered 66/114 [58%] 1.36 *[1.14, 1.62] 47/114 [41%] 1.17 [0.92, 1.48] 47/114 [41%] 1.83 ** [1.43, 2.35] 9/114 [8%] 1.65 [0.83, 3.29]
Divorced/Separated/Widow 327/654 [50%] 1.17 *[1.05, 1.31] 258/654 [39%] 1.12 [0.98, 1.28] 186/654 [28%] 1.26 *[1.06, 1.5] 22/654 [3%] 0.7 [0.42, 1.16]
Employment
Formal 54/133 [41%] 1(Ref) 38/133 [29%] 1(Ref) 28/133 [21%] 1(Ref) 7/133 [5%] 1(Ref)
Self-employ 102/252 [40%] 1 [0.77, 1.29] 75/252 [30%] 1.04 [0.75, 1.45] 57/252 [23%] 1.07 [0.72, 1.6] 10/252 [4%] 0.75 [0.29, 1.94]
Informal 204/465 [44%] 1.08 [0.86, 1.36] 160/465 [34%] 1.2 [0.9, 1.62] 117/465 [25%] 1.2 [0.83, 1.72] 15/465 [3%] 0.61 [0.26, 1.47]
Illegal 94/167 [56%] 1.39 *[1.08, 1.77] 74/167 [44%] 1.55 *[1.13, 2.13] 63/167 [38%] 1.79 * [1.22, 2.63] 10/167 [6%] 1.14 [0.45, 2.91]
No income or partner family support 27/76 [36%] 0.88 [0.61, 1.26] 21/76 [28%] 0.97 [0.62, 1.52] 18/76 [24%] 1.12 [0.67, 1.89] 5/76 [7%] 1.25 [0.41, 3.8]
Housing
Stable 916/2027 [45%] 1(Ref) 700/2027 [35%] 1(Ref) 518/2027 [26%] 1(Ref) 119/2027 [6%] 1(Ref)
Unstable 158/307 [51%] 1.14 *[1.01, 1.28] 139/307 [45%] 1.31 **[1.14, 1.5] 91/307 [30%] 1.16 [0.96, 1.4] 5/307 [2%] 0.28 **[0.11, 0.67]
Partner type
Injecting 772/1685 [46%] 1(Ref) 599/1685 [36%] 1(Ref) 438/1685 [26%] 1(Ref) 82/1685 [5%] 1(Ref)
Sexual 169/367 [46%] 1.01[0.89, 1.14] 132/367 [36%] 1.01[0.87, 1.18] 104/367 [28%] 1.09[0.91, 1.31] 26/367 [7%] 1.46[0.95, 2.23]
Both sex and inject 130/279 [47%] 1.02[0.89, 1.17] 107/279 [38%] 1.08[0.92, 1.27] 66/279 [24%] 0.91[0.73, 1.14] 15/279 [5%] 1.1[0.65, 1.89]
HIV status
Negative 938/2046 [46%] 1(Ref) 739/2046 [36%] 1(Ref) 529/2046 [26%] 1(Ref) 107/2046 [5%] 1(Ref)
Positive 130/280 [46%] 1.01 [0.89, 1.16] 96/280 [34%] 0.95 [0.8, 1.13] 77/280 [28%] 1.06 [0.87, 1.3] 16/280 [6%] 1.09 [0.66, 1.82]
ART
On ART 103/221 [47%] 1(Ref) 76/221 [34%] 1(Ref) 59/221 [27%] 1(Ref) 8/221 [4%] 1(Ref)
Not on ART 27/59 [46%] 0.98 [0.72, 1.34] 20/59 [34%] 0.99 [0.66, 1.47] 18/59 [31%] 1.14 [0.73, 1.78] 8/59 [14%] 3.75 *[1.47, 9.56]
Injecting drug use and Methadone status
No active IDU/Methadone 13/47 [28%] 1(Ref) 12/47 [26%] 1(Ref) 6/47 [13%] 1(Ref) 0/47 [0%] 1(Ref)
Active IDU/Methadone 172/367 [47%] 1.69 *[1.05, 2.72] 134/367 [37%] 1.43 [0.86, 2.37] 101/367 [28%] 2.16 *[1.0, 4.64] 36/367 [10%] Inf *[NaN, Inf]
Active IDU/ No Methadone 696/1542 [45%] 1.63 *[1.02, 2.6] 554/1542 [36%] 1.41 [0.86, 2.3] 371/1542 [24%] 1.88 [0.89, 4] 50/1542 [3%] Inf [NaN, Inf]
No active IDU/ No Methadone 13/27 [48%] 1.74 [0.95, 3.19] 10/27 [37%] 1.45 [0.73, 2.9] 8/27 [30%] 2.32 [0.9, 5.98] 2/27 [7%] Inf [NaN, Inf]
Male participants’ sexual partners
Only women 957/2138 [45%] 1(Ref) 751/2138 [35%] 1(Ref) 518/2138 [24%] 1(Ref) 93/2138 [4%] 1(Ref)
Men (or both men and women) 116/190 [61%] 1.36 **[1.21, 1.54] 87/190 [46%] 1.3 *[1.11, 1.54] 90/190 [47%] 1.96 **[1.65, 2.31] 31/190 [16%] 3.75 **[2.57, 5.48]

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

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