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. 2008 Oct 14;2:10. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-2-10

Table 2.

Witnessing violence by gender (n = 510)

Witness Since 1989
Persons arrested 75.5% (385)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  52.9% (270)
Past 3 months  12.8% (65)
Males 83.7% (P < .000; OR 2.6, CI: 1.7–4.0)
Females 66.3%
Physical/mental mistreatment 73.3% (374)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  50% (255)
Past 3 months  9.8% (50)
Males 83% (P < .000; OR 2.9, CI: 1.9–4.4)
Females 62.5%
Persons tortured 66.9% (341)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  38.4% (196)
Past 3 months  13.5% (69)
Males 74.8% (P < .000; OR 2.2, CI: 1.5–3.1)
Females 57.9%
Persons wounded 63.1% (322)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  35.5% (181)
Past 3 months  14.5% (74)
Males 73% (P < .000; OR 2.5, CI: 1.7–3.6)
Females 52.1%
Persons killed 40.0% (204)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  17.3% (88)
Past 3 months  12.6% (64)
Males 44.1% (P < .057; OR 1.4, CI: 1.0–2.1)*
Females 35.4%
Hear of cases of rape 63.9% (326)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  38.2% (195)
Past 3 months  10.8% (55)
Males 75.2% (P < .000; OR 2.9, CI: 2.0–4.2)
Females 51.3%
Seen Rape 13.3% (68)
Since 1989 ≥ 5×  5.1% (26)
Past 3 months  2.2% (11)
Males 17.4% (P < .006; OR 2.2, CI: 1.3–3.8)
Females 8.8%

*Yates corrected