Research Article

Sexual Coercion and Associated Factors among Female Students of Madawalabu University, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 5

Ways of raping, mechanism used to escape, to whom rape was reported, and reason for not reporting rape, Madawalabu University, May 2012.

Variable Frequency Percent

Way of force used for rape
 Biting 14 51.9
 Showing knife 2 7.1
 Giving alcohol 9 32.1
 Giving drugs with alcohol 2 7.4
 Making pass examinations 2 7.4
 Giving money 2 7.4
Mechanisms used to escape rape by those who escaped rape
 Crying to call for help 9 7.9
 Just escaped 27 23.7
 By cheating with promise 56 49.1
 Fighting 15 6.1
 Others 7 13.2
To whom rape was reported
 Anyone 17 47.2
 Friend 10 27.8
 Sisters 3 8.3
 Health professionals 8 22.2
 Others 1 2.9
Reason for not disclosing rape
 Did not know what to do 7 28.0
 Afraid of families 12 48.0
 Afraid of community 5 20.0
 Afraid of perpetrator 6 24.0
 Think legal bodies do not function 2 8.0
 Others 1 4.0