Patterns of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: reports from survivors presenting to Panzi Hospital in 2006

Table 1 Demographics of survivors presenting to Panzi Hospital in 2006 according to type of sexual violence experienced.

	Rape NOS		Gang Rape		Sexual Slavery		Combined Gang Rape and Sexual Slavery
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Age
≤15	35	16.0	50	8.3	12	24.0	11	9.2
16 - 35	81	37.0	250	41.3	28	56.0	78	65.6
36 - 55	83	37.9	264	43.6	10	20.0	29	24.4
≥ 55	20	9.1	41	6.8	0	0	1	0.84
Total	219	100	605	100	50	100	119	100
Marital Status
Single	41	18.7	43	7.1	21	42.0	17	14.3
Married	100	45.7	308	50.9	18	36.0	50	42.0
Widowed	46	21.0	148	24.5	3	6.0	28	23.5
Abandoned	32	14.6	102	16.9	7	14.0	24	20.2
Not Specified	0	0	4	0.67	1	2.0	0	0
Total	219	100	605	100	50	100	119	100
Education
Illiterate	147	67.1	427	70.6	21	42.0	63	52.9
Primary School	52	23.7	138	22.8	19	38.0	44	37.0
Secondary School	16	7.3	38	6.3	9	18.0	11	9.2
Post-Secondary	1	0.46	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not Specified	3	1.4	2	0.33	1	2.0	1	0.8
Total	219	100	605	100	50	100	119	100
Occupation
Farmer	167	76.3	483	79.8	31	62.0	86	72.3
Student	19	8.7	53	8.8	8	16.0	18	15.1
Trader	17	7.7	18	3.0	7	14.0	4	3.4
Laborer	10	4.6	32	5.3	1	2.0	7	5.9
Teacher	0	0	7	1.2	0	0	0	0
Unemployed	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	0
Not Specified	2	0.91	8	1.3	2	4.0	3	2.5
Other	4	1.8	2	0.33	1	2.0	1	0.84
Total	219	100	605	100	50	100	119	100
Ethnicity
Bashi	142	64.8	372	61.5	29	58.0	80	67.2
Barega	18	8.2	66	10.9	9	18.0	7	5.9
Bahavu	9	4.1	24	4.0	0	0	6	5.0
Bafulero	15	6.9	45	7.4	0	0	3	2.5
Batembo	21	9.6	54	8.9	8	16.0	14	11.8
Not Specified	4	1.8	2	0.33	2	4.0	1	0.84
Other	10	4.6	42	6.9	2	4.0	8	6.7
Total	219	100	605	100	50	100	119	100

ISSN: 1752-1505