Factors associated with past-year sexual harassment among AGYW, weighted
| Sample (n=612) | Past-year sexual harassment | |||
| Col% | Row% | P value† | aRR (95% CI)‡ | |
| Overall | – | 18.1 | – | – |
| Age group | 0.68 | |||
| 16–20 years | 42.6 | 19.1 | – | |
| 20–26 years | 57.4 | 17.3 | – | |
| Highest level of education completed | <0.01** | |||
| Secondary or lower | 90.4 | 15.9 | ref | |
| College/university | 9.6 | 38.5 | 2.11** (1.27 to 3.52) | |
| Currently in school | 0.11 | |||
| No | 58.2 | 20.9 | ref | |
| Yes | 41.8 | 14.2 | 0.82 (0.48 to 1.40) | |
| Marital status | 0.46 | |||
| Unmarried | 90.2 | 17.6 | – | |
| Married | 9.8 | 22.6 | – | |
| Personal control over decision to leave house | 0.85 | |||
| Less than full control | 60.0 | 18.5 | – | |
| Full control | 40.0 | 17.6 | – | |
| Control over own earnings | 0.29 | |||
| Less than full control | 71.7 | 16.7 | – | |
| Full control | 28.3 | 21.7 | – | |
| Relative household SES tertile | 0.41 | |||
| Lowest | 37.0 | 14.4 | – | |
| Middle | 22.2 | 19.3 | – | |
| Highest | 40.7 | 20.8 | – | |
| Household composition | 0.17 | |||
| Live alone | 6.3 | 20.0 | – | |
| Lives with parent(s), with or without other(s) | 66.4 | 17.2 | – | |
| Lives with partner with or without other(s), excluding parent(s) | 10.0 | 30.7 | – | |
| Live with others | 17.2 | 13.4 | – | |
| Ability to meet basic financial needs since COVID-19 | 0.02* | |||
| Basic financial needs met | 46.6 | 12.9 | ref | |
| Basic financial needs unmet | 53.4 | 22.6 | 1.67* (1.05 to 2.66) | |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01.
†P value for the design-based F statistic bivariate testing.
‡aRR generated through multivariate negative binomial regression with past-year sexual harassment as the dependent variable, among full sample (n=612); all variables listed included in specification accounting for robust SE clustering by node; weighted.
AGYW, adolescent girls and young women; aRR, adjusted risk ratio; SES, socioeconomic status.