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Table 1 Summary of global prevalence of CSA

From: Maternal history of childhood sexual abuse and preterm birth: an epidemiologic review

First author (year)

Definition of CSA

Studies included

Prevalence estimates

Overall

Boys

Girls

Andrews (2004) [5]

Contact and non-contact (age varied across studies; upper limit was 18 years)

513 articles or reports

Range 3.8–67.7 %

Range 3.8–35 %

Range 8.4–67.7 %

WHO multi-country study (2005) [9]

Unwanted or forced sexual activity before age 15 years

24,058 individuals in 15 sites in 10 countries around the world

–––

–––

Range 1–21 %

Pereda (2009a) [6]

Contact and non-contact (age varied across studies; upper limit was 18 years)

38 independent articles representing 21 countries

Range 0–60 %

Range 0–60 %

Range 0–53 %

Pereda (2009b) [10]

Contact and non-contact (age varied across studies; upper limit was 17 years)

65 articles, covering 24 countries

N/A

7.9 % (95 % CI 6.0–10.3 %)

19.7 % (95 % CI 16.7–23.0 %)

Stoltenborgh (2011) [7]

Contact and non-contact (age varied across studies; upper limit was 18 years)

331 independent samples from 217 publications

11.8 % (95 % CI 10.0 – 13.8 %)

7.6 % (95 % CI 6.6–8.8 %)

18 % (95 % CI 16.4–19.7 %)

Barth (2013) [8]

Contact and non-contact (age varied across studies; upper limit was 19 years)

55 studies from 22 countries

Range 3–31 %

Range 3–17 %

Range 8–31 %

  1. Abbreviations: CSA Childhood sexual abuse, WHO World Health Organization