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. 2019 Aug 21;14(8):e0220775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220775

Table 2. Migrants in transit through Mexico: Forms of violence by gender, 2009–2015.

  Variables General N = 12,023 Percentage (95% confidence interval) Male N = 9,344 Percentage (95% confidence interval) Female N = 2,612 Percentage (95% confidence interval) TTTs N = 67 Percentage (95% confidence interval) p-value (1) p-value (diff male/TTTs) p-value (diff fem/TTTs)
Suffered some form of violence 29.44 30.91 23.51 55.22 0.053 0.003 0.001
n = 12,023   (22.57–36.30) (23.61–38.20) (16.00–31.01) (40.54–69.91)      
Psychological violence Humiliation 37.92 34.42 52.77 64.86 0.037 0.001 0.295
n = 3,539 (28.61–47.24) (25.14–43.69) (35.60–69.94) (46.68–83.05)
Threat 52.30 55.99 35.34 45.95 0.015 0.17 0.356
(40.39–64.21) (44.50–67.49) (18.24–52.45) (25.75–66.14)
Rejection: for being a woman 9.19
n = 11,225 (6.47–11.91)
for being indigenous 1.38 0.97 2.72 1.49 0.000 0.689 0.365
(0.87–1.89) (0.62–1.32) (1.84–3.60) (-1.14–4.13)
because of sexual preference 1.09 0.76 1.07 47.76 0.304 0.000 0.000
(0.69–1.49) (0.41–1.11) (0.58–1.56) (31.83–63.69)
because of undocumented status 25.90 20.02 46.75 32.84 0.008 0.141 0.245
(16.94–34.86) (13.79–26.26) (27.03–66.46) (17.30–48.37)
for not having money 12.40 11.94 13.63 28.36 0.489 0.039 0.055
(8.62–16.19) (7.68–16.21) (9.01–18.25) (14.57–42.15)
because of age 2.42 2.17 3.33 1.49 0.192 0.616 0.276
    (1.53–3.31) (1.23–3.12) (1.66–5.00) (-1.14–4.13)      
Physical violence Kidnapping 9.66 9.38 10.75 13.51 0.61 0.406 0.58
n = 3,539 (5.58–13.75) (4.87–13.89) (5.72–15.78) (3.13–23.89)
Theft 68.72 71.85 53.75 72.97 0.052 0.918 0.164
(53.73–83.71) (56.18–87.52) (35.29–72.20) (52.37–93.57)
Beating 24.16 24.48 22.64 24.32 0.524 0.982 0.82
    (19.54–28.78) (19.55–29.41) (16.37–28.91) (10.78–37.87)      
Sexual violence Rape 3.90 1.49 14.17 21.62 0.000 0.003 0.243
n = 3,539 (2.13–5.67) (0.73–2.24) (10.19–18.15) (9.14–34.10)
Sex in exchange for goods and/or money 2.63 1.97 4.07 29.73 0.025 0.006 0.01
  (1.47–3.78) (0.78–3.16) (2.45–5.70) (10.64–48.82)      

(1) for difference between males and females

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