Table 4.

Association between war related sexual violence and socio-demographic factors among women in Kitgum, Northern Uganda

	Experienced war related sexual violence (n = 164)		Did not experienced war related sexual violence (n = 409)
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	χ2	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Camp (573)
Mucwini	55	25.6	160	74.4	1.56	1	0.212
Padibe	109	30.4	249	69.6		1.27 (0.87-1.86)
Displaced from another district (n = 569)
Displaced	16	28.6	40	71.4	0.002	1	0.97
Not displaced	148	28.8	365	71.2		1.01(0.55-1.87)
Age group (n = 555)
≤ 44 years	117	35.2	215	64.8	16.56	2.28(1.52-3.40)	<0.001*
≥ 45 years	43	19.3	180	80.7		1
Religion (n = 571)
Protestant	51	23.5	166	76.5		1
Catholics	113	32.3	237	67.7	6.67	1.55(1.06-2.28)	0.04*
Others (Muslims, traditional African faiths, etc)	0	0.0	4	100.0
Marital Status (n = 566)
Never married	30	30.0	70	70.0	0.11	1	0.74
Married/Ever been married	132	28.3	334	71.7		0.92(0.57-1.48)
Highest level of Education
No formal education	77	27.2	206	72.8	0.81	1	0.37
Primary level and above	87	30.6	197	69.4		1.18(0.82-1.70)
Employment status
Peasant farmer	147	29.3	355	70.7		1
Fisherman	7	25.9	20	74.1	0.95	0.85(0.35-2.04)	0.62
Others	10	22.7	34	77.3		0.71(0.34-1.48)

* Statistically significant association