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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by gender

From: Human trafficking and severe mental illness: an economic analysis of survivors’ use of psychiatric services

Variable

Total (n = 119)

Male (n = 28)

Female (n = 91)

Type of exploitation

   

 Domestic servitude

17 (14 %)

1 (4 %)

16 (18 %)

 Labour exploitation

8 (7 %)

8 (28 %)

0 (0 %)

 Financial exploitation

4 (3 %)

0

4 (4 %)

 Sexual exploitation

58 (49 %)

1 (4 %)

57 (63 %)

 Unknown

32 (27 %)

18 (64 %)

14 (15 %)

Disorder

   

 Psychotic disorders

20 (17 %)

11 (39 %)

9 (10 %)

 Other/psychological distress

99 (83 %)

17 (61 %)

82 (90 %)

Age median (range)

22 (8–49)

18 (8–44)

24 (10–49)

 8–11

6 (5 %)

1 (4 %)

5 (5 %)

 12–15

11 (9 %)

4 (14 %)

7 (7 %)

 16–17

19 (16 %)

7 (25 %)

12 (13 %)

 18–25

36 (30 %)

6 (21 %)

30 (33 %)

 26–35

34 (29 %)

6 (21 %)

28 (31 %)

 36+

13 (11 %)

4 (14 %)

9 (10 %)

Violence pre-trafficking

   

 Yes

57 (48 %)

11 (39 %)

46 (51 %)

 No

62 (52 %)

17 (61 %)

45 (49 %)

Violence during trafficking

   

 Yes

69 (58 %)

8 (29 %)

61 (67 %)

 No

50 (42 %)

20 (71 %)

30 (33 %)