Table 2 Circumstances of MPRs and SPRs
| Â | Chi Square test | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | SPR | MPR | Total | |||||||
| Â | N | Pr | % | N | Pr | % | N | % | X2 | P-value for Chi-square test |
Number of victims (N = 55 missing) | ||||||||||
 One victim | 3019 | 0.53 | 92.9 | 586 | − 1.16 | 90.7 | 3605 | 92.5 | 48.7 | 0.059 |
 More than one victim involved | 232 | − 0.66 | 7.1 | 60 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 292 | 7.5 |  |  |
Place of rape ‡ (N = 96 missing) | ||||||||||
 Residence | 2110 | 3.25 | 65.4 | 241 | − 7.33 | 38.2 | 2351 | 61.0 | 204.2 |  < 0.001 |
 Workplace settings | 36 | 0.43 | 1.1 | 4 | − 0.98 | 0.6 | 40 | 1.0 |  |  |
 Public areas/spaces—taxi ranks or shops, public toilet, bar or nightclub | 127 | − 0.52 | 3.9 | 32 | 1.18 | 5.1 | 159 | 4.1 |  |  |
 Public institution—school, police cells, prison | 87 | − 0.77 | 2.7 | 26 | 1.74 | 4.1 | 113 | 2.9 |  |  |
 Isolated open spaces—veld, park, cemeteries, sports ground, road or alleyway or abandoned building | 802 | − 3.37 | 24.9 | 278 | 7.62 | 44.1 | 1080 | 28.0 |  |  |
 While taking transport or in a car | 63 | − 3.24 | 2.0 | 50 | 7.32 | 7.9 | 113 | 2.9 |  |  |
Witness to the incident (N = 24 missing) | ||||||||||
 No | 2516 | 0.84 | 76.8 | 467 | − 1.85 | 71.9 | 2983 | 75.9 | 7.15 | 0.007 |
 Yes | 762 | − 0.78 | 23.3 | 183 | 1.72 | 28.2 | 945 | 24.1 |  |  |
 Victim not abducted | 2195 | 1.79 | 67.8 | 352 | − 3.94 | 53.2 | 2547 | 65.3 | 53 |  < 0.001 |
 Victim abducted or forcefully moved to another location | 1083 | − 2.41 | 32.3 | 322 | 5.32 | 46.8 | 1405 | 34.7 |  |  |
 Perpetrator used no physical force | 1099 | 0.46 | 34.3 | 208 | − 1.00 | 32.3 | 1307 | 34.0 | 1.79 | 0.18 |
 Perpetrator used physical force | 2179 | − 0.32 | 65.7 | 466 | 0.70 | 67.7 | 2645 | 66.0 |  |  |
 Perpetrator(s) did not display a firearm | 3092 | 0.97 | 94.3 | 571 | − 2.15 | 84.7 | 3663 | 92.7 | 76.1 |  < 0.001 |
 Perpetrator(s)displayed a firearm | 186 | − 3.47 | 5.7 | 103 | 7.65 | 15.3 | 289 | 7.3 |  |  |
Perpetrator(s) threatened to kill the victim (N = 605 missing) | ||||||||||
 No | 1872 | 0.51 | 66.8 | 338 | − 1.15 | 62.0 | 2210 | 66.0 | 4.67 | 0.031 |
 Yes | 930 | − 0.71 | 33.2 | 207 | 1.61 | 38.0 | 1137 | 34.0 |  |  |
 No colluders present | 3021 | 1.67 | 92.8 | 512 | − 3.69 | 75.7 | 3533 | 89.9 | 154.7 |  < 0.001 |
 Colluders were present | 257 | − 4.86 | 7.2 | 162 | 10.70 | 24.3 | 419 | 10.1 |  |  |
 Victim not alcohol-intoxicated | 2708 | 0.95 | 82.6 | 499 | − 2.05 | 74.0 | 3207 | 81.2 | 26.9 |  < 0.001 |
 Victim alcohol-intoxicated | 570 | − 1.93 | 17.4 | 175 | 4.25 | 26.0 | 745 | 18.9 |  |  |
 Victim did not resist | 1547 | − 1.43 | 47.2 | 387 | 3.15 | 57.4 | 1934 | 48.9 | 23.4 |  < 0.001 |
 Victim verbally or physically resisted | 1731 | 1.40 | 52.8 | 287 | − 3.08 | 42.6 | 2018 | 51.1 |  |  |
Perpetrator stole/took victim’s cellphone (N = 61 missing) | ||||||||||
 No | 2979 | 2.54 | 91.6 | 449 | − 5.61 | 70.4 | 3428 | 88.1 | 228.7 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 274 | − 5.61 | 8.4 | 189 | 12.38 | 29.6 | 463 | 11.9 |  |  |