Lifetime Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Its Associated Factors among High School Female Students in Jarso District, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Characteristics of sexual violence among high school female students in Jarso district, Oromia region, eastern Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Characteristics	Categories	Frequency	Percentages
Experienced verbal abuse that undermines one’s self-esteem	Yes	115	20.6
	No	444	79.4
Experienced uninvited kiss	Yes	127	22.7
	No	432	77.3
Experienced unwelcoming touch like breast, genitalia area	Yes	100	17.9
	No	459	82.1
Experienced forced sexual attempt without your consent	Yes	76	13.6
	No	483	86.4
Experienced coercive sex without your consent	Yes	40	7.2
	No	519	92.8
Place where coercive sex encountered	Victims’ home	17	42.5
	Perpetrators’ home	15	37.5
	Others	8	20.0
Perpetrators of coercive sex	Boyfriend	15	37.5
	Husband	6	15.0
	Relative	12	30.0
	Others	7	17.5
Age of the perpetrators	Equal to victims	15	37.5
	Older than victim	21	52.5
	Younger than victim	4	10.0
Frequency of encountered forced sex in your life	Once only	24	60.0
	Two times and above	16	40.0

Notes: others = in school, hotel, and forest; others = teacher, student, neighbor, and stranger.