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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 May 10;53(4):457–464. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.021

Table 4.

Associations Between Sexual Violence Victimization and Recent Economic Insecuritya

Women
Men
Type of perpetrator/sexual
violence
High, AORb
(95% CI)
Moderate, AORb
(95% CI)
Low High, AORb
(95% CI)
Moderate, AORb
(95% CI)
Low
Any perpetrator
 Contact sexual violencec 3.5 (2.1, 5.7) 2.2 (1.4, 3.3) ref 3.3 (2.0, 5.7) 2.0 (1.3, 3.0) ref
 Noncontact unwanted sexual experiencesd 4.5 (2.7, 7.5) 2.1 (1.4, 3.3) ref 6.4 (3.3, 12.6) 3.9 (2.2, 6.8) ref
Excluding sexual violence by an intimate partner
 Contact sexual violencec 3.4 (1.7, 6.9) 2.3 (1.3, 4.1) ref 4.2 (2.1, 8.7) 2.1 (1.1, 3.7) ref
 Noncontact unwanted sexual experiencesd 4.1 (2.2, 7.8) 2.4 (1.5, 3.8) ref 6.7 (3.2, 14.1) 3.6 (1.9, 6.9) ref

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Food insecurity and housing insecurity questions were individually coded as follows: never=0, rarely=1, sometimes=2, usually=3, and always=4. The two questions were summed and split into three levels representing high (6–8); medium (3–5); and low (0–2) food and housing insecurity.

b

Adjusted for age, income, race/ethnicity, marital status, and education.

c

Contact sexual violence includes rape, being made to penetrate a perpetrator, sexual coercion, or unwanted sexual contact.

d

Noncontact unwanted sexual experiences include, for example, someone exposing his or her sexual body parts, flashing, or masturbating in front of the victim, or someone harassing the victim in a public place in a way that made the victim feel unsafe.