Table 2.
Description of GBV incident and perpetrators among 15–69-year-old women receiving psychosocial services in eastern Ukraine by residency status, N = 11,826.
| Total | Local | IDP | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| 11,826 (100.0) | 8806 (74.5) | 3020 (25.5) | ||
| Recurrence of incident | ||||
| Single incident | 6903 (60.4) | 5036 (58.9) | 1867 (65.0) | <0.001 |
| Periodic/recurrent | 4519 (39.6) | 3514 (41.1) | 1005 (35.0) | |
| Place of incident | ||||
| Home | 9358 (79.1) | 7485 (85.0) | 1873 (62.0) | <0.001 |
| Outdoors | 1189 (10.1) | 703 (8.0) | 486 (16.1) | |
| Checkpoint or IDP center | 303 (2.6) | 65 (0.7) | 238 (7.9) | |
| Institutions | 976 (8.2) | 553 (6.3) | 423 (14.0) | |
| Type of GBV | ||||
| Rape or sexual assault | 276 (2.4) | 182 (2.1) | 94 (3.1) | <0.001 |
| Physical assault | 3840 (32.5) | 3124 (35.5) | 716 (23.8) | |
| Economic | 1975 (16.7) | 1271 (14.4) | 704 (23.4) | |
| Psychological abuse | 5719 (48.4) | 4222 (48.0) | 1497 (49.7) | |
| Number of perpetrators | ||||
| 1 | 9508 (80.4) | 7641 (86.8) | 1867 (61.8) | <0.001 |
| 2+ | 1437 (12.2) | 851 (9.7) | 586 (19.4) | |
| Unknown | 881 (7.4) | 314 (3.5) | 567 (18.8) | |
| Sex of perpetrator | ||||
| Male | 9258 (78.3) | 7202 (81.8) | 2056 (68.1) | <0.001 |
| Female | 1335 (11.3) | 954 (10.8) | 381 (12.6) | |
| Both | 1233 (10.4) | 650 (7.4) | 583 (19.3) | |
| Age of perpetrator | ||||
| Under 18 | 164 (1.4) | 117 (1.3) | 47 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| 18–25 | 766 (6.5) | 611 (6.9) | 155 (5.1) | |
| 26–40 | 5362 (45.3) | 4288 (48.7) | 1074 (35.6) | |
| Over 40 | 3899 (33.0) | 3114 (35.4) | 785 (26.0) | |
| Unknown | 1635 (13.8) | 676 (7.7) | 959 (31.7) | |
| Relationship to perpetrator | ||||
| Intimate partner | 5858 (49.5) | 4913 (55.8) | 945 (31.3) | <0.001 |
| Family member | 2572 (21.8) | 2169 (24.6) | 403 (13.3) | |
| No relation (non-domestic) | 3090 (26.1) | 1617 (18.4) | 1473 (48.8) | |
| Unknown | 306 (2.6) | 107 (1.2) | 199 (6.6) | |
| Perpetrator’s occupation | ||||
| Professional | 2152 (18.2) | 1494 (17.0) | 658 (21.8) | <0.001 |
| General labor | 3626 (30.7) | 3032 (34.4) | 594 (19.7) | |
| Unemployed | 2681 (22.7) | 2288 (26.0) | 393 (13.0) | |
| Ukrainian army soldier | 456 (3.9) | 226 (2.6) | 230 (7.6) | |
| Police | 55 (0.5) | 43 (0.5) | 12 (0.4) | |
| Non gov. Soldier | 617 (5.2) | 242 (2.7) | 375 (12.4) | |
| Other | 1080 (9.1) | 839 (9.5) | 241 (8.0) | |
| Unknown | 1159 (9.8) | 642 (7.3) | 517 (17.1) | |
| Demobilized soldier | ||||
| Yes | 679 (5.7) | 608 (6.9) | 71 (2.3) | <0.001 |
| No | 9659 (81.7) | 7377 (83.8) | 2282 (75.6) | |
| Unknown | 1488 (12.6) | 821 (9.3) | 667 (22.1) |
Notes: IDP=internally displaced person.
a
p-value based on Pearson’s chi-squared or Fisher’s exact tests.