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Table 3 Victim students’ frequency and tendency of reporting rape to anyone, 2015 (n = 71)

From: Sexual violence against female university students in Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage %

Frequency of facing rape in life time

 One time

39

55.0

 Two times

13

18.2

 Three times

12

17.0

 Four times or more

7

9.8

Family shared (knew) about the rape

 Yes

14

19.7

 No

57

80.3

Rape applied/reported to the legal system or police

 Yes

6

8.4

 No

65

91.6

Reasons for not sharing/telling to anybody about the rapea

 Feeling of shame/guilty

39

54.9

 Afraid of families reaction

28

39.4

 Didn’t know what to do

26

36.6

 Afraid of the public reaction

14

19.4

 Afraid of the perpetrator

11

15.4

 Other

7

9.8

  1. aMultiple responses possible, cannot add up to 100%