Table 2 University students’ beliefs and experiences regarding SGBV and campus health services
|  | Male: not food insecure (n = 178) % | Female: not food insecure (n = 298) % | Male: food insecure (n = 48) % | Female: food insecure (n = 56) % | Total (n = 580) % | χ2 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beliefs about SGBV at university | |||||||
Believe sexual assault and misconduct are very much a problem here at the university | 38.3 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 71.7 | 46.0 | 20.1 | .003 |
Believe very likely to experience sexual assault and misconduct while a student here | 18.2 | 26.8 | 29.8 | 44.2 | 26.0 | 41.8 |  < .001 |
Knows little or nothing about what happens when a student reports an incident of sexual assault or misconduct here | 82.0 | 87.9 | 79.2 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 24.6 | .017 |
Beliefs about sexual and reproductive health | |||||||
Think victims usually provoked the sexual assault | 38.2 | 18.5 | 35.4 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 53.2 |  < .001 |
Think about half of rape accusations are false | 19.1 | 7.7 | 20.8 | 5.4 | 12.1 | 56.3 |  < .001 |
Believe contraceptive pills or injections could cause infertility or cancer | 55.8 | 68.1 | 52.8 | 57.5 | 62.1 | 9.5 | 0.150 |
Believe unexpired condoms have holes in them which render them ineffective | 39.9 | 39.9 | 52.8 | 23.8 | 39.4 | 9.6 | 0.144 |
SGBV experiences | |||||||
Since arriving here at the university, ever been sexually harassed | 28.1 (n = 50) | 36.9 (n = 110) | 51.2 (n = 25) | 68.8 (n = 39) | 38.6 (n = 224) | 29.3 |  < .001 |
Of those who had been harassed: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Main sexual harasser was student | 53.7 | 63.9 | 26.1 | 38.2 | 53.4 | 39.1 | .003 |
• Main sexual harasser was faculty | 3.7 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 9.1 | ||
• Main sexual harasser was bodaboda* | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 5.0 | ||
• Main sexual harasser was other adult** | 37.0 | 20.3 | 69.6 | 38.3 | 32.5 | ||
Since arriving here, ever been stalked | 32.2 | 42.4 | 47.2 | 70.9 | 42.4 | 20.7 |  < .001 |
Since arriving here, ever had any forced or attempted forced sexual penetration | 15.0 | 14.5 | 29.4 | 34.1 | 17.8 | 12.9 | .005 |
Campus health services experiences | |||||||
Since arriving here, ever been in an intimate relationship | 61.3 | 63.3 | 50.0 | 71.7 | 62.4 | 4.4 | 0.226 |
Ever visited the university health services for family planning counseling or methods, including condoms | 23.0 (n = 41) | 15.3 (n = 46) | 31.6 (n = 15) | 14.0 (n = 8) | 18.9 (n = 110) | 8.2 | .041 |
• Of those who used family planning services, would rate as fair or poor | 51.6 | 54.3 | 63.7 | 80.0 | 56.1 | 7.2 | 0.615 |
Ever visited the university health services for STI or HIV test | 44.3 (n = 79) | 39.7 (n = 118) | 33.3 (n = 16) | 52.4 (n = 29) | 41.7 (n = 242) | 3.9 | 0.274 |
• Of those who used STI/HIV services, would rate as fair or poor | 46.6 | 45.1 | 46.2 | 40.9 | 45.3 | 7.3 | 0.609 |