Comprehensive development and testing of the ASIST-GBV, a screening tool for responding to gender-based violence among women in humanitarian settings

Table 2 Demographics and recent experiences of violence, as identified by the ASIST-GBV screening tool among participants of the pilot testing phase in Ethiopia and Colombia (N = 503)

	Ethiopia (N = 434)			Colombia (N = 69)
	n	Col %		n	Col %
Site
Camp	86	19.8	Guaviare	69	100.0
Addis Ababa	348	80.2
Median age (range)	29	(15–90)		39	(19–78)
Median years in camp/displaced setting (range)	4	(0–21)		8	(0–28)
Marital status
Married/Living together as married	213	49.3		32	46.4
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	145	33.6		25	36.2
Never married	74	17.1		12	17.4
Country of origin / Ethnicity
Burundi	7	1.6	Afro-Colombiana	4	6.2
DRC	18	4.2	Indigena	2	3.1
Eritrea	32	7.4	Mestizo/Blanco	56	86.2
Kenya	2	0.5	Other	3	4.6
Somalia	371	85.7
Uganda	1	0.2
Other	2	0.5
Self-reported history of GBV (lifetime)
No	314	72.5		50	72.5
Yes	119	27.5		19	27.5
Recent GBV (ASIST-GBV items)
Threatened/insulted	245	56.6		18	26.1
Physically hurt	187	43.2		13	18.8
Forced sex	110	25.5		9	13.0
Sexual exploitation	49	11.3		7	10.1
Forced pregnancy	78	18.1		2	2.9
Forced abortion^a	NA	NA		1	1.4
Forced marriage	41	9.5		2	2.9
Any type of GBV	282	64.8		31	44.9
Accepted a referral (if ASIST-GBV is positive)	157	55.9		27	90.0

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