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. 2020 Oct 12;15(10):e0237965. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237965

Table 7. Risk factors for non-partner sexual assault.

  JUBA RUMBEK JUBA POC MODEL 1 MODEL 2
  COR (95% CI)a COR (95% CI)a COR (95% CI)a AOR (95% CI)b AOR (95% CI)c
Location          
Juba       1.00 1.00
Rumbek       1.36 (1.02–1.81) 1.63 (1.15–2.31)
PoC       1.53 (1.17–2.02) 1.52 (1.07–2.15)
Demographic characteristics          
Respondent's age        
15–19 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
20–29 1.13 (0.59–2.17) 2.19 (1.38–3.48)*** 1.69 (1.19–2.40)*** 1.77 (1.37–2.29)*** 0.79 (0.55–1.14)
30–39 0.60 (0.30–1.40) 1.92 (1.14–3.25)** 2.18 (1.40–3.40)*** 1.67 (1.23–2.2)*** 0.60 (0.40–0.91)*
40–64 1.24 (0.60–2.75) 1.23 (0.67–2.26) 1.73 (0.99–3.04)*** 1.45 (1.01–2.08)*** 0.50 (0.31–0.80)***
Respondent's education primary and above 1.32 (0.68–2.57) 0.68 (0.48–0.94)* 0.76 (0.57–1.02) 0.72 (0.59–0.88)***  
HH's main source of fuel for cooking—wood/grass/leaves/other 0.80 (0.39–1.78) 0.84 (0.60–1.18) 2.36 (1.74–3.20)*** 1.40 (1.13–1.74)*  
Social norms          
If a woman is raped, she has usually done something careless to put herself in that situation 0.84 (0.52–1.37) 1.52 (1.09–2.12)** 2.61 (1.92–3.54)*** 1.73 (1.41–2.12)***  
If a girl child experiences raped, she should marry the man who raped her 1.46 (0.89–2.40) 2.04 (1.46–2.85)*** 1.16 (0.76–1.75) 1.47 (1.18–1.82)*** 1.47 (1.12–1.93)**
Experiences of conflict          
Ever experienced non partner physical violence + trauma during wars 1.71 (0.77–3.81) 2.72 (1.94–3.82)*** 9.10 (6.49–12.71)*** 3.00 (2.38–3.77)*** 2.08 (1.60–2.70)***
Ever experienced sexual exploitation 6.78 (4.09–11.26)*** 12.05 (7.04–20.62)*** 12.81 (8.95–18.33)*** 9.42 (7.40–12.02)*** 6.83 (5.08–9.19)***
Ever experienced attack on village 1.50 (0.94–2.39) 2.68 (1.88–3.82)*** 2.61 (1.88–3.62)*** 2.41 (1.96–2.98)*** 1.63 (1.25–2.13)***
Intimate Partner Violence          
Ever experienced physical and/or sexual partner violence 1.79 (1.09–2.94) 9.55 (5.59–16.34)*** 5.54 (4.03–7.63)*** 5.09 (4.02–6.46)*** 3.50 (2.56–4.78)***

aCrude odds rations (COR) and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) are shown for the odds of having ever experienced non-partner sexual assault (rape or attempted rape) among women aged 15–64 in three locations in South Sudan. Figures in bold are statistically significant at the 95% level (confidence interval does not include 1·0).

b Model 1 shows the association between individual independent variables and non-partner sexual assault on a pooled data set with adjustment for location only.

cModel 2 is the final multivariate model that includes all significant independent variables, controlling for age and location.

Note:

*p < .05

** = p < .01

*** = p < .001