Table 4.
Risk factors associated with non-partner rape in the past 12 months (n = 2944).
| Variable | Total |
Unexposed |
Exposed |
RR (95% CI) | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (column %) or mean (SD) | n (row %) or mean (SD) | n (row %) or mean (SD) | |||
| Structural factors | |||||
| Age (in years) | 33.3 (7.95) | 33.7 (8.2) | 32.9 (7.74) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.088 |
| Migration status | |||||
| Local | 2492 (83.0) | 1156 (46.5) | 1329 (53.5) | Ref | – |
| Documented migrant | 178 (5.9) | 48 (27.0) | 130 (73.0) | 0.97 (0.87, 1.08) | 0.306 |
| Undocumented migrant | 334 (11.1) | 149 (44.6) | 185 (55.4) | 0.94 (0.85, 1.04) | 0.168 |
| Education level | |||||
| None/Incomplete High School | 668 (22.3) | 1064 (45.7) | 1264 (54.3) | Ref | – |
| Complete High School/Post | 2334 (77.8) | 289 (43.3) | 379 (56.7) | 1.01 (0.93, 1.09) | 0.835 |
| Food security | |||||
| Secure | 1643 (54.8) | 898 (54.8) | 740 (45.2) | Ref | – |
| Insecure | 1355 (45.2) | 454 (33.5) | 900 (66.5) | 1.11 (1.02, 1.21) | 0.011 |
| Childhood and other trauma | |||||
| Childhood abuse | |||||
| None | 347 (11.6) | 282 (81.5) | 64 (18.5) | Ref | – |
| Some | 2654 (88.4) | 1070 (40.4) | 1581 (59.6) | 2.37 (1.85, 3.04) | <0.0001 |
| Age (years) entered sex work | |||||
| 18+ years | 2647 (88.9) | 1221 (46.2) | 1420 (53.8) | Ref | – |
| <18 years | 331 (11.1) | 121 (36.6) | 210 (63.4) | 1.10 (1.00, 1.21) | 0.043 |
| Work circumstances | |||||
| Years in sex work | |||||
| <2 years | 159 (5.3) | 81 (50.9) | 78 (49.1) | Ref | – |
| 2+ years | 2836 (94.7) | 1270 (44.9) | 1560 (55.1) | 1.11 (1.01, 1.23) | 0.027 |
| Place where mostly slept in the last week | |||||
| Private house or flat/home | 1485 (49.5) | 765 (51.7) | 714 (48.3) | Ref | – |
| Homeless | 608 (20.3) | 250 (41.1) | 358 (58.9) | 1.19 (1.09, 1.31) | <0.0001 |
| Sex Work Venue | 909 (30.3) | 338 (37.2) | 571 (62.8) | 1.09 (1.01, 1.18) | 0.024 |
| Sells sex on the streets | |||||
| No | 1064 (35.4) | 528 (49.7) | 534 (50.3) | Ref | – |
| Yes | 1941 (64.6) | 825 (42.6) | 1111 (57.4) | 1.09 (1.01, 1.18) | 0.031 |
| Number of days worked in past month | |||||
| 0–7 days | 301 (10.1) | 173 (57.5) | 128 (42.5) | Ref | – |
| 8–14 days | 431 (14.4) | 217 (50.4) | 214 (49.7) | 1.14 (0.98, 1.33) | 0.087 |
| 15–21 days | 1087 (36.4) | 500 (46.1) | 585 (53.9) | 1.18 (1.02, 1.35) | 0.025 |
| >21 days | 1169 (39.1) | 458 (39.2) | 711 (60.87) | 1.08 (0.94, 1.24) | 0.295 |
| Taking alcohol or drugs to help with sex work | |||||
| None | 1886 (62.9) | 964 (51.1) | 921 (48.9) | Ref | – |
| Alcohol | 511 (17.0) | 172 (33.7) | 339 (66.3) | 1.11 (1.03, 1.20) | 0.008 |
| Drugs | 263 (8.8) | 126 (48.1) | 136 (51.9) | 1.16 (1.03, 1.32) | 0.017 |
| Alcohol and drugs | 340 (11.3) | 91 (26.8) | 249 (73.2) | 1.19 (1.07, 1.33) | 0.001 |
| Mental health | |||||
| Depression | |||||
| No | 1421 (47.3) | 832 (58.8) | 584 (41.2) | Ref | |
| Yes | 1524 (52.7) | 523 (33.0) | 1061 (67.0) | 1.20 (1.09, 1.31) | <0.0001 |
| PTSD | |||||
| No | 1389 (46.3) | 868 (62.5) | 521 (37.5) | Ref | |
| Yes | 1611 (53.7) | 487 (30.2) | 1124 (69.8) | 1.42 (1.30, 1.55) | <0.0001 |