Determinants of sexual violence against men in Uganda: analysis of UDHS 2016 data

Abstract

The study intended to examine the determining factors for sexual violence among men in Uganda. Two study objectives were examined that is to say; finding the relationship between socio-economic factors and sexual violence among men and examining the relationship between demographic factors and sexual violence among men. The study used secondary data which was collected by UDHS regarding about the demography and healthy of Uganda. A cross sectional study design was used during the process of data collection. The data obtained was analyzed at two levels that‘s to say univariate analysis and bi-variate analysis. Regarding the study findings, it was revealed that majority of the men had not experienced any form of sexual violence, most of the men were aged between 20 to 29 years, majority of the respondents had only attained primary education level. A larger proportion of the respondents were rural residents, Catholics by religion, had only one partner and most of the wives/partners of the respondents were aged between 20 to 29 years. At the bivariate analysis level, it was revealed that there existed a significant statistical association between wealth index, age of the partner and number of partners with sexual violence against men. This makes the stated null hypotheses for these variables false and the alternative true. Therefore, the researcher concluding that wealth index, number of sexual partners and age group of the partner are the determining factors of sexual violence against men in Uganda. The researcher recommended that men should be encouraged to report sexual violence against them through awareness campaigns. Men should be informed that reporting violence against them does not take away one ‘s manhood but helps to destigmatize the other victims which will help reduce sexual violence.