Circumstances, policing, and attrition of multiple compared to single perpetrator rape cases within the South African criminal justice system

Table 1 Victim and perpetrator characteristics in MPRs and SPRs

	Chi Square test
	SPR			MPR			Total
	N	Pr	%	N	Pr	%	N	%	X²	P-value for Chi-square test
Victim age group‡ (N = 43 missing)
< = 11	621	1.11	19	96	− 2.38	14.8	717	18.3	70.8	< 0.001
12 to 17	889	0.79	27.3	155	− 1.73	23.9	1044	26.7
18 +	1751	− 0.73	53.7	397	1.60	61.3	2148	55
Victim sex (N = 45 missing)
Male	182	0.34	5.6	32	− 0.75	4.9	214	5.5	42.8	0.498
Female	3075	0.21	94.4	618	− 0.47	95.1	3693	94.5
Victim disability (N = 51 missing)
No disability	3110	0.23	95.5	624	− 0.51	97.05	3734	95.7	73.1	0.07
One or more disability	148	0.81	4.5	19	− 1.78	2.95	167	4.3
Victim race group ‡(N = 50 missing)
Black African	2791	0.11	85.7	567	− 0.24	87.8	3358	86.06	57.2	< 0.001
Coloured	409	0.76	12.6	66	− 1.68	10.2	475	12.17
White, Indian or Other	56	− 0.16	1.7	13	0.35	2	69	1.77
Perpetrator age (N = 1475 missing)
18 and above	1934	0.70	87.9	208	− 1.99	75.4	2142	86.5
Under 18	267	− 1.78	12.1	68	5.03	24.6	335	13.5	32.8	< 0.001
Stranger rape (N = 13 missing)
Perpetrators known to victim	2361	3.24	72.1	297	− 7.19	44.6	2658	67.5	191.3	< 0.001
Stranger perpetrator	912	− 4.67	27.9	369	10.36	55.4	1281	32.5
Partner rape (N = 13 missing)
Non-partner	2754	− 1.23	84.1	639	2.73	95.95	3393	86.1	64.7	< 0.001
(Ex) Partner	519	3.07	15.9	27	− 6.80	4.05	546	13.9

Reference values for all binary exposures: Chi(1) = 3.84; ‡ Reference values: Chi(2) = 5.99

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