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. 2014 May 7;8:6. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-6

Table 9.

Sexual violence, broken down by Refugee vs Cameroonian

Characteristic Refugee n = 77 Refugee % (95% CI)* Cameroonian n = 128 Cameroonian % (95% CI)*
Lifetime prevalence
78** (191)
40.8 (31.5 – 50.8)
128 (395)
32.4 (25.2 – 40.5)
Sexual violence in the past 6 months
30
39.0 (21.7 – 59.6)
49
38.3 (28.4 – 49.2)
Perpetrator
 
 
 
 
Husband
40
52.0 (35.4 – 68.1)
91
71.1 (61.0 – 79.5)
Member of my family
0
 
1
0.8 (0–6)
Friend or Member of the Community
12
15.6 (8.3 – 27.2)
28
21.2 (13.9 – 32.8)
Soldier/rebel or coupeurs de route***
30
39.0 (25.6 – 54.2)
5
3.9 (1.4 – 10.5)
Unknown
3
3.9 (1.3 – 11.5)
3
2.3 (0.7 – 7.3)
Multiple perpetrators 29 37.7 (22.9 – 52.5) 8 6.3 (1.6 – 10.9)

*Data presented as mean % and weighted % (95% CI).

**The above respondent identified as ‘refugee’, thus further analyses are on 77 refugees only.

***8 people said both soldiers/rebel and coupers de route in a multiple perp sexual violence. Soldiers/rebels and coupers de route were combined based on qualitative data collected by the authors that suggests overlap among these groups in Northwest CAR.