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. 2016 Jun;106(6):1073–1078. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303095

TABLE 3—

Association of Pretrafficking, Trafficking, and Posttrafficking Factors With High Levels of Psychological Symptoms: England, June 2013 to December 2014

Men
Women
Variable Without Symptoms (n = 22), No. (%) or Mean ±SD With Symptoms (n = 21), No. (%) or Mean ±SD OR (95% CI) Without Symptoms (n = 20), No. (%) or Mean ±SD With Symptoms (n = 76), No. (%) or Mean ±SD OR (95% CI)
Pretrafficking
Pretrafficking diagnosed mental disorder 0 (0.0) 2 (9.5) . . . 2 (10.0) 6 (7.9) 0.8 (0.1, 4.3)
Left education at < 15 y 5 (22.7) 4 (19.1) 0.75 (0.2, 3.3) 4 (20.0) 29 (38.2) 2.2 (0.7, 7.4)
Physical violence 6 (27.3) 7 (33.3) 1.3 (0.4, 4.9) 8 (40.0) 49 (67.5) 2.8 (1.0, 7.8)
Sexual violence 0 (0.0) 2 (9.5) 3.2 (0.7, 15.4) 3 (15.0) 27 (35.5) 1.1 (0.4, 3.1)
Trafficking
Physical violence 9 (40.9) 11 (52.4) 2.17 (0.6, 7.4) 15 (75.0) 59 (77.6) 1.3 (0.4, 4.2)
Sexual violence 0 (0.0) 2 (9.5) 1.2 (0.3, 5.6) 9 (45.0) 56 (73.7) 3.1 (1.1, 8.8)
Injury during trafficking 4 (19.1) 8 (38.1) 2.6 (0.6, 10.6) 10 (58.8) 56 (77.8) 2.5 (0.8, 7.5)
Extreme restriction of movement 10 (45.5) 15 (71.4) 3.6 (1.0, 13.4) 13 (65.0) 60 (79.0) 2.3 (0.8, 6.8)
No. of poor living situations during trafficking 2.5 ±2.0 2.9 ±1.4 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) 1.6 ±1.4 1.7 ±1.3 1.1 (0.7, 1.6)
Type of exploitation
 Labor 21 (95.5) 16 (80.0) 1 (Ref) 4 (20.0) 10 (13.2) 1 (Ref)
 Domestic 1 (4.6) 3 (15.0) 3.9 (0.4, 41.5) 6 (30.0) 31 (40.8) 2.1 (0.5, 8.8)
 Sexual 0 (0.0) 1 (5.0) . . . 10 (50.0) 32 (42.1) 1.3 (0.3, 5.0)
Duration of exploitation, moa 3.0 ±11.1 2.9 ±5.8 0.99 (0.7, 1.3) 14.3 ±7.2 12.8 ±4.5 1.0 (0.7, 1.3)
Time since exploitation, moa 3.3 ±3.8 3.4 ±3.9 1.0 (0.7, 1.6) 6.7 ±4.8 14.6 ±4.7 1.4 (1.0, 1.9)
Posttrafficking
Age, y 36.7 ±11.5 31.3 ±9.6 0.95 (0.9, 1.0) 30.0 ±10.9 29.9 ±9.1 1.00 (0.9, 1.0)
Not married/cohabiting 17 (77.3) 15 (71.4) 1.4 (0.4, 5.4) 17 (85.0) 69 (90.8) 1.5 (0.2, 13.1)
Has children 12 (54.6) 9 (42.9) 0.6 (0.2, 2.1) 8 (40.0) 43 (56.6) 1.8 (0.7, 5.0)
≥ 1 diagnosed chronic health problems 9 (40.9) 9 (42.9) 1.1 (0.3, 3.6) 6 (30.0) 31 (54.0) 2.7 (0.9, 7.9)
Ongoing fear of traffickers 10 (45.4) 16 (76.9) 3.8 (1.0, 14.2) 13 (65.0) 64 (84.2) 3.5 (1.1, 10.7)
Lacks a confidante 5 (22.7) 11 (52.4) 3.7 (1.0, 13.9) 3 (15.0) 28 (36.8) 3.1 (0.8, 11.5)
Time in contact with services, moa 1.6 ±3.1 2.1 ±3.5 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) 4.4 ±3.3 4.7 ±3.8 1.0 (0.7, 1.5)
No. of unmet social needsb 1.2 ±0.7 2.3 ±0.6 1.9 (0.9, 4.2) 0.8 ±0.7 2.6 ±0.6 2.9 (1.5, 5.4)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. The sample size was n = 150.

a

Log transformed data.

b

Square root transformed data.