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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Soc Welf. 2022 Jul 18;11(3):193–210. doi: 10.1007/s40609-022-00227-w

Table 3.

Level of trauma exposure among South Sudanese

Type of war trauma Prevalence range
1 Lack of food or water 61–91%
2 Unnatural death of family or friend 18–81%
3 Combat situation 12–51%
4 Murder of family or friend 16–68%
5 Witness of death of family member 41–63%
6 Very ill without access to medical care 16–62%
7 Lack of housing or shelter 39–57%
8 Being close to death 30–51%
9 Forced separation from family members 26–91%
10 Serious injury 7–26%
11 Tortured or beaten 14–31%
12 Forced isolation from others 6–94%
13 Murder of stranger or strangers 18–19%
14 Forced to accept thoughts against will/brainwashing 2–16%
15 Imprisonment 6–27%
16 Being lost, abducted or kidnapped 8–48%
17 Rape or sexual abuse 2–11%
18 Forced prostitution or sexual slavery 1–8%
19 Harassment by armed personnel 16–26%
20 Loss of property 57–94%
21 Witnessed rape of a woman 9–33%
22 Had a child abducted* 18%
23 Had a family member disappear* 41%
24 Any other situation that was very frightening or you felt your life was in danger* 91%
*

Based on responses from one study that asked this question