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. 2008 Oct 17;2:13. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-2-13

Table 5.

Forced sex

Characteristic Refugee camp Surrounding host villages
Male % Female % Total % Male % Female % Total % χ2 p-valuea
Experience of forced sex

Have been forced to have sex against will (Among those who ever had sex) 9 10 10 4 4 4 16.44
n = 267 n = 298 n = 565 n = 334 n = 450 n = 784 p = .000

Have you been forced to have sex against your will in the past 12 months? (Among those who ever experienced forced sex) 50 41 45 50 38 43 .03
n = 24 n = 32 n = 56 n = 14 n = 21 n = 35 p = .867

Timing of forced sex
Totalb n = 26 n = 39 n = 65 n = 14 n = 25 n = 39 ---

Camp respondents

Before displacement 27 33 31 --- --- --- ---

During displacement 18 18 18

After displacement 54 49 51

Surrounding host village respondents

Before arrival of refugees --- --- --- 21 32 28 ---

After arrival of refugees 79 68 72

Perpetrator of forced sex
(Among those who experienced forced sex in the past 12 months)
Totalb n = 12 n = 13 n = 25 n = 7 n = 8 n = 15 n = 40

Regular partner 42 85 64 85 88 87 2.42
p = .120

Other family member 17 8 12 0 12.5 7 .29
p = .586

Non-family member 42 15 28 14 0 7 2.67
p = .102

a Reported χ2 and p-value for difference in total proportions refugees vs. nationals

b Response categories not mutually exclusive; total refers to number of responses not respondents