학술논문

Factors associated with sexual violence among female administrative staff of Mekelle University, North Ethiopia
Document Type
article
Source
BMC Research Notes, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020)
Subject
Sexual violence
Female
Administrative staff
Mekelle University
Medicine
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Science (General)
Q1-390
Language
English
ISSN
1756-0500
Abstract
Abstract Objective To assess factors associated with sexual violence among female administrative staffs of Mekelle University, North Ethiopia. Results From the total number of participants, 188 (52.8%) had shift work and 110 (30.9%) of these had day and night shift. About half 180 (50.2%) of the participants face sexual violence similarly, 53 (14.9%) of the victims of violence performed by their boss. In multiple logistic regression analysis young age [AOR: 2.319 (1.059–5.075)], educational status of secondary school or less [AOR: 1.981 (1.126–3.485)], office and students related workplace [AOR: 4.143 (1.975–8.687), 2.887 (1.396–5.973)], having night shift [AOR: 2.131 (1.258–3.611)], having multiple partner (AOR: 8.916 (3.052–26.047)] and knowing other female violated in office [AOR: 3.920 (2.326–6.606)] were the factors associated with sexual violence.