Table 1. Migrants in transit through Mexico: Sociodemographic characteristics, migratory background and health status according to experience with violence, 2009–2015.
| Total population | Violence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 12,023 | n = 8,484 | n = 3,539 | |||
| Variable | Percentage (95% confidence interval) | No Percentage (95% confidence interval) | Yes Percentage (95% confidence interval) | p-value* | |
| Gender | Male | 77.72 | 76.10 | 81.60 | 0.074 |
| n = 12,023 | (65.98–89.46) | (63.81–88.38) | (70.44–92.77) | ||
| Female | 21.73 | 23.55 | 17.35 | 0.048 | |
| (9.96–33.49) | (11.28–35.82) | (6.11–28.59) | |||
| Transexual, transgender, transvestite | 0.56 | 0.35 | 1.05 | 0.005 | |
| (0.24–0.87) | (0.10–0.61) | (0.51–1.58) | |||
| Marital status | Has partner | 42.86 | 43.35 | 41.68 | 0.16 |
| n = 11,824 | (40.00–45.81) | (40.69–46.01) | (37.60–45.76) | ||
| Education | Years of schooling | 7.04 | 6.96 | 7.24 | 0.013 |
| n = 10,940 | (6.76–7.32) | (6.67–7.25) | (6.93–7.54) | ||
| Has children | Yes | 66.68 | 66.63 | 66.78 | 0.887 |
| n = 10,815 | (63.17–70.18) | (63.09–70.18) | (62.89–70.67) | ||
| No | 2.43 | 2.47 | 2.32 | 0.02 | |
| (2.29–2.57) | (2.32–2.62) | (2.18–2.47) | |||
| Country of origin | Mexico | 12.01 | 13.53 | 8.36 | 0.15 |
| n = 12,023 | (0.15–23.87) | (0.67–26.39) | (2.30–19.03) | ||
| Honduras/Guatemala/El Salvador | 81.92 | 80.53 | 85.25 | 0.182 | |
| (70.78–93.06) | (68.46–92.60) | (75.06–95.44) | |||
| Others | 6.07 | 5.94 | 6.39 | 0.435 | |
| (4.95–7.19) | (4.70–7.19) | (5.17–7.60) | |||
| Migratory background | Number of attempts to reach US | 2.40 | 2.34 | 2.53 | 0.022 |
| n = 11,425 | (2.27–2.53) | (2.21–2.47) | (2.35–2.71) | ||
| Has reached US | 43.24 | 42.70 | 44.50 | 0.429 | |
| (37.80–48.68) | (37.22–48.18) | (37.86–51.14) | |||
| Has stayed in another Casa del migrante | 67.53 | 64.46 | 75.05 | 0.026 | |
| (57.44–77.63) | (53.43–75.49) | (65.02–85.08) | |||
| Health status | Has had health problem | 39.27 | 36.50 | 45.92 | 0.053 |
| n = 12,023 | (31.06–47.49) | (26.04–46.97) | (39.18–52.65) | ||
| Sexual behavior during trip | Has had sex | 16.70 | 14.32 | 22.30 | 0.001 |
| (13.13–20.26) | (10.49–18.14) | (17.64–26.96) | |||
| n = 10,470 | Used condom at last sex | 43.32 | 43.95 | 42.09 | 0.571 |
| (35.33–51.31) | (34.18–53.71) | (36.73–47.45) | |||
| Has had sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs | 19.95 | 16.22 | 25.59 | 0.001 | |
| (14.86–25.04) | (11.62–20.81) | (19.61–31.56) | |||
*p <0.05 comparison of groups who did/not experience violence
The number of observations presents differences among variables as a result of missing values.
Source, Leyva R, Infante C. Multicenter Project: International Migration and Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Migrants from Mexico and Central America, 2009–2015.