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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (as column percentages) and prevalence of the different outcomes in total and by sociogeographical factors (as row percentages), Ecuador 2019.

From: Prevalence and sociogeographical inequalities of violence against women in Ecuador: a cross-sectional study

Variables

 

Total sample (%)

Total violence (%)

Sexual violence (%)

Physical violence (%)

Psychological violence (%)

Economic violence (%)

 

Total sample

17,211 (100)

11,163 (64.86)

5622 (32.67)

6100 (35.44)

9797 (56.92)

2819 (16.38)

Individual

Age

15–25

4213 (24.48)

2431 (57.73)

1608 (38.17)

919 (21.80)

1853 (43.99)

362 (8.60)

26–35

2816 (16.36)

1985 (70.50)

1117 (39.67)

1108 (39.35)

1741 (61.82)

493 (17.51)

36–45

3048 (17.71)

2071 (67.96)

961 (31.52)

1142 (37.48)

1885 (61.85)

596 (19.54)

46–55

2813 (16.34)

1856 (66.00)

881 (31.34)

1147 (40.79)

1696 (60.32)

547 (19.46)

56–65

2270 (13.19)

1467 (64.63)

594 (26.18)

953 (41.97)

1358 (59.81)

422 (18.59)

>  65

2051 (11.92)

1351 (65.84)

461 (22.44)

832 (40.53)

1264 (61.60)

399 (19.46)

Education

University or higher

3631 (21.10)

2270 (62.52)

1498 (41.26)

984 (27.11)

1852 (51.00)

492 (13.56)

 

Secondary

6997 (40.65)

4536 (64.83)

2543 (36.34)

2317 (33.12)

3896 (55.69)

1110 (15.87)

Primary/Middle

5699 (33.11)

3733 (65.51)

1411 (24.76)

2340 (41.07)

3455 (60.62)

1020 (17.90)

None

885 (5.14)

624 (70.50)

170 (19.27)

459 (51.84)

595 (67.21)

197 (22.26)

Relationship

Marital status

Single

4555 (26.47)

2502 (54.93)

1687 (37.05)

903 (19.83)

1866 (40.96)

250 (5.48)

 

Living with partner

3562 (20.70)

2424 (68.05)

1119 (31.42)

1396 (39.18)

2208 (61.97)

527 (14.80)

Married

5524 (32.10)

3494 (63.25)

1473 (26.66)

1937 (35.06)

3170 (57.39)

664 (12.02)

Separated/divorced

2474 (14.37)

2073 (83.82)

1118 (45.19)

1397 (56.48)

1020 (77.60)

1163 (47.03)

 

Widowed

1097 (6.37)

670 (61.05)

225 (20.53)

468 (42.66)

634 (57.84)

216 (19.65)

Societal

Ethnicity

Indigenous

1237 (7.19)

793 (64.05)

244 (19.71)

550 (44.42)

728 (58.84)

201 (16.26)

POC

1204 (7.00)

780 (64.80)

389 (32.35)

450 (37.40)

711 (59.06)

216 (17.94)

Mestizo

14,135 (82.13)

9199 (65.08)

4741 (33.54)

4905 (34.70)

8022 (56.75)

2318 (16.40)

White and others

635 (3.69)

391 (61.60)

248 (39.05)

196 (30.79)

336 (56.92)

85 (13.36)

Area

Rural

4936 (28.68)

3098 (62.77)

1131 (22.91)

1883 (38.16)

2832 (57.38)

733 (14.86)

Urban

12,275 (71.32)

8065 (65.70)

4492 (36.59)

4217 (34.35)

6965 (56.74)

2086 (16.99)

Regions

Coast

8382 (48.70)

5022 (59.91)

2620 (31.26)

2603 (31.05)

4374 (52.19)

1226 (14.63)

Highlands

7984 (46.39)

5555 (69.57)

2757 (34.53)

3132 (39.22)

4887 (61.21)

1448 (18.14)

Amazon

789 (4.58)

556 (70.50)

233 (29.52)

349 (44.27)

510 (64.60)

141 (17.86)

Galapagos and others

56 (0.33)

30 (53.33)

13 (22.90)

17 (35.44)

26 (46.24)

5 (8.12)