Factors associated with sexual violence among female administrative staff of Mekelle University, North Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Table 2 Sexual violence versus different variables among female administrative staffs of MU, 2018 (n = 356)

Variable	Sexual violence
	Yes		No
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Shift at work
Yes	113	31.7	75	21.1
No	67	18.8	101	28.4
Program of the shift
Day	28	7.8	20	5.6
Night	23	6.5	7	2.0
Day and night	62	17.4	48	13.5
Place where the act performed
In Office	122	67.8
Street	35	19.4
Others*	23	12.8
How the act was done
Using force	45	25
By kicking	10	5.5
Bullying	82	45.5
Verbal abusing	43	23.9
Did the perpetrator use any substance
Yes	45	25.
No	21	11.6
I don’t know	114	63.3
Type of substance
Alcohol	26	57.8
Khat or others**	19	42.2
History of substance violence
Yes	101	56.1
No	10	5.6
I don’t know	69	38.3
What type of substance
Khat chewing	45	44.5
Smoking	20	19.8
Alcohol	27	26.7
Others**	9	8.9
Previous history of such practice of the perpetrator
Yes	36	14.4
No	21	11.7
I don’t know	123	68.3
Did the perpetrator has more than one partners
Yes	85	47.2
No	18	10
I don’t know	77	42.8
Do you know the perpetrator well
Yes	138	76.7
No	42	23.3
Did the perpetrator have family
Yes	95	68.8
No	9	6.5
I don’t know	34	24.6
With whom did the perpetrator live
Lonely	54	39.1
Family	45	32.6
I don’t know	39	28.3
How old was the perpetrator
Same as me	78	43.3
Older than me	102	56.7
Do you have a boyfriend
Yes	107	30.1	58	16.3
No	73	20.5	118	33.1
If yes how often is your sexual relationship
No sexual contact	26	7.3	19	5.3
Regular	66	18.5	39	10.9
Relationship other than your boyfriend
Yes	41	11.5	5	1.4
No	66	18.5	53	14.9
With how many
One	18	5.1	3	0.8
Two or more	23	6.5	2	0.6
History of sexual violence
One time	84	46.6	5	2.8
Two times	24	13.3	4	2.2
Three times	32	17.8	0	0.0
More than four times	30	16.7	1	0.5
Do you know a woman who is violated in the workplace
Yes	108	30.3	48	13.5
No	72	20.2	128	36.0

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