Table 4.
Association of high risk sexual behaviour in the past 12 months with war-related psychosocial factors.
| Males |
Females |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number in study N (%) | Number with high risk behaviour (n, %) | Univariate OR (95%CI) | Number in study N (%) | Number with high risk behaviour (n, %) | Univariate OR (95%CI) | |
| Vulnerabilitya | P = 0.29 | P = 0.55 | ||||
| Not high risk | 154 (27.8) | 20 (13.2) | 1 | 169 (21.3) | 10 (6.0) | 1 |
| High risk | 401 (72.3) | 40 (10.0) | 0.73 (0.40–1.31) | 627 (78.7) | 46 (7.4) | 1.25 (0.60–2.62) |
| Intimate partner violence | P < 0.0001 | P = 0.24 | ||||
| No | 242 (36.8) | 24 (9.8) | 1 | 383 (42.4) | 21 (5.6) | 1 |
| Yes | 174 (26.5) | 46 (26.1) | 3.24 (1.88–5.59) | 311 (34.5) | 29 (9.2) | 1.71 (0.91–3.21) |
| Not applicable (unmarried) | 242 (36.7) | 8 (3.3) | 0.31 (0.14–0.72) | 208 (23.1) | 15 (7.2) | 1.31 (0.64–2.72) |
| Exposure to war torture | ||||||
| Close relative killedb | P = 0.16 | P = 0.07 | ||||
| No | 387 (58.8) | 40 (10.2) | 1 | 499 (55.3) | 43 (8.7) | 1 |
| Yes | 271 (41.2) | 38 (13.9) | 1.42 (0.88–2.30) | 403 (44.7) | 22 (5.4) | 0.59 (0.34–1.04) |
| Sexual torture | P = 0.06 | P = 0.001 | ||||
| No | 581 (88.2) | 63 (10.9) | 1 | 735 (81.4) | 43 (5.8) | 1 |
| Yes | 78 (11.8) | 14 (18.4) | 1.85 (0.99–3.47) | 168 (18.6) | 22 (13.3) | 2.50 (1.43–4.36) |
| Physical torture | P =0.08 | P = 0.03 | ||||
| No | 354 (53.8) | 34 (9.6) | 1 | 453 (50.2) | 23 (5.1) | 1 |
| Yes | 304 (46.2) | 43 (14.2) | 1.55 (0.96–2.53) | 449 (49.8) | 42 (9.3) | 1.90 (1.08–3.35) |
| Psychological torture | P = 0.23 | P = 0.95 | ||||
| None | 39 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 56 (6.2) | 4 (7.5) | 1 |
| One | 76 (11.5) | 8 (10.4) | 3.34 (0.69–16.03) | 117 (12.9) | 7 (5.8) | 0.76 (0.20–2.87) |
| Two | 370 (56.2) | 42 (11.3) | 2.92 (0.68–12.53) | 612 (67.9) | 45 (7.4) | 0.99 (0.34–2.92) |
| Three or more | 173 (26.3) | 28 (16.0) | 4.11 (0.93–18.06) | 117 (13.0) | 9 (7.4) | 0.99 (0.29–3.43) |
a
“Recently suffered heavy floods or famine” excluded as these were almost universal.
b
Includes parent, child, spouse or sibling (not other relative as this was too common).