Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of women stratified by experience of gender based violence in a public health care setting
| N = 300 | Overall | GBV experience = Yes N (%) 70 (23.3) |
GBV experience = No N (%) 230 (69.7) |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | ||||
| Age (Yrs), Median (IQR) | 25 (22–30) | 24 (25–28) | 25 (22–30) | 0.17 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 267 (89.0) | 60 (86) | 207(90.0) | 0.35 |
| Separated/Divorced | 032 (11.0) | 10 (14.3) | 022(10.0) | |
| Family type | ||||
| Nuclear | 179 (59.5) | 41 (58.5) | 138(60.0) | 0.88 |
| Joint | 119 (39.5) | 29 (41.3) | 090(39.0) | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 092 (31.0) | 11 (15.7) | 058 (25.0) | 0.12 |
| Not employed | 207(69.0) | 59(84.2) | 166 (72.1) | |
| Educational Status | ||||
| Illiterate | 058 (19.4) | 11 (15.7) | 047(20.4) | 0.28 |
| Primary | 062 (20.7) | 19 (27.0) | 044(19.1) | |
| = > Secondary | 179 (60.1) | 40 (56.5) | 137(59.4) | |
| Awareness about GBV support Organization | ||||
| Yes | 067 (23.0) | 21(30.5) | 046(20.0) | 0.05 |
| No | 226 (76.0) | 48(69.5) | 179 (77.8) | |
| GBV screening done in health care setting. | ||||
| Yes | 030 (10.1) | 09 (12.8) | 26(11.3) | 0.65 |
| No | 269 (89.9) | 61(87.1) | 204(88.6) | |
| Do women want to be asked about GBV in Hospital | ||||
| Yes | 212 (71.9) | 54 (77.14) | 159(69.1) | 0.20 |
| No | 083 (28.1) | 15(21.4) | 068(30.0) | |
| Preferred Health Provider to inquire about violence | ||||
| Doctor | 009 (3.0) | 03 (4.35) | 006(2.6) | 0.45 |
| Counselor/Nurse | 228 (76.0) | 57(81.4) | 171 (74.3) | |
| Others | 055(18.3) | 10 (14.2) | 045(19.5) | |
| Preferred technique for GBV screening | ||||
| Face to face interview | 247 (83.0) | 53 (75.7) | 194 (84.3) | 0.15 |
| Completing a survey | 043 (14.3) | 12 (17.1) | 031(13.4) | |
| Computerized/mobile tool | 034 (11.0) | 12 (17.1) | 022(09.5) | |
| HIV Status* | ||||
| Positive | 102 (64.0) | 28 (70.0) | 74 (62.1) | 0.45 |
| Negative | 57 (36.0) | 12 (30.0) | 45 (38.0) | |
*HIV status: Unknown: 139 Women did not know their HIV status when interviewed for GBV