Department of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 220005, Osun State, Nigeria.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cros River State, Nigeria.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 17;24(1):2525. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20047-1.
Sexual violence among higher education students is a global public health problem. Identifying the characteristics of students who report victimization can serve as basis for programmes that target vulnerable students.
The study was conducted among 30,114 Nigerian higher education students. They were selected from 18 institutions comprising universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. The purpose of the study was to assess the characteristics of students who reported sexual violence (rape, attempted rape and sexual harassment) and to determine the association between reporting and their characteristics.
Our findings showed that 37% of the students reported experiencing sexual violence. Regression analysis showed that the odds of reporting among female students were two times greater than that of the male students (CI = 1.58-1.78; P < 0.001). The students who were traditionalists (aOR = 2.65, p < 0.001) or from other religious groups (aOR = 3.28, p < 0.001) had higher odds of reporting than those who were Christians. All the age groups represented in the study had significantly higher odds of reporting except those between 25 and 29 years (aOR = 1.03; p = 0.616). Non-final year students had significantly 7% lower odds of reporting (p = 0.037) than the first-year students. The students in the arts and humanities-related programmes significantly had higher odds of reporting than those in the science-related programs (aOR = 1.08; p = 0043). In addition, polytechnic and colleges of education students were two times more likely to report sexual violence than university students (p < 0.001). Also, the students from other regions were two times more likely to report sexual violence than those from Southwest region.
The study concluded that sexual violence reporting by higher education students differ by their types of schools, sex, religion, level of education and geographical location.
高等教育学生中的性暴力是一个全球性的公共卫生问题。识别报告受害的学生的特征可以为针对弱势学生的项目提供依据。
该研究在 30114 名尼日利亚高等教育学生中进行。他们是从包括大学、理工学院和教育学院在内的 18 所院校中挑选出来的。该研究的目的是评估报告性暴力（强奸、强奸未遂和性骚扰）的学生的特征，并确定报告与他们的特征之间的关系。
我们的研究结果显示，37%的学生报告曾经历过性暴力。回归分析显示，女学生报告的可能性是男学生的两倍（CI=1.58-1.78；P<0.001）。传统主义者（aOR=2.65，p<0.001）或来自其他宗教团体的学生（aOR=3.28，p<0.001）比基督教徒报告的可能性更高。研究中代表的所有年龄组都有显著更高的报告可能性，除了 25 至 29 岁之间的年龄组（aOR=1.03；p=0.616）。非最后一年的学生报告的可能性比一年级学生低 7%（p=0.037）。艺术和人文学科相关专业的学生报告的可能性显著高于科学相关专业的学生（aOR=1.08；p=0.0043）。此外，理工学院和教育学院的学生报告性暴力的可能性是大学生的两倍（p<0.001）。此外，来自其他地区的学生报告性暴力的可能性是来自西南部地区的学生的两倍。
该研究得出结论，高等教育学生的性暴力报告因学校类型、性别、宗教、教育程度和地理位置的不同而有所不同。
