Table 1.
Description of Articles Reviewed that Report Estimates of the Prevalence of Sexual Assault Against GLB People (N=71)
| Author(s) and year of publication | Number of non- heterosexual respondents in sample* | Population for Sexual Assault Results | Location | Sexual Assault Victimization Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probability and Census Samples (n=25) | ||||
| Arreola, Neilands, Pollack, Paul and Catania (2005) | 2,881 | GB | San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago | CSA, ASA |
| Arreola, Neilands, Pollack, Paul and Catania (2008) | 2,881 | GB | San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago | CSA |
| Arreola, Neilands and Diaz (2009)a and Sandfort, Melendez, and Diaz (2007) | 912 | GB | Los Angeles, Miami, New York | CSA |
| Berg, Mimiaga, and Safren (2004) | 56 | GB | Boston | LSA |
| Berg, Mimiaga, and Safren (2008) | 92 | GB | Boston | LSA |
| Brennan, Hellerstedt, Ross, and Welles (2007) | 936 | GB | Upper Midwest | CSA |
| Doyle, Frank, Saltzman, McMahon, and Fielding (1999) | 4,501 | LB | US (National) | LSA |
| Feldman, Ream, Diaz, and El-Bassel (2007)a | 912 | GB | New York, Miami, Los Angeles | CSA, IPSA |
| Friedman, Marshal, Stall, Cheong, and Wright (2008) | 1,383 | G | San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago | CSA |
| Goodenow, Netherland, and Szalacha (2002)b | 3,267 | GB | Massachusetts | CSA |
| Goodenow, Szalacha, Robin, and Westheimer (2008)b | 3,973 | LB | Massachusetts | CSA |
| Jinich et al. (1998) | 1,941 | GB | Portland, Tucson | CSA |
| Kipke et al. (2007) | 526 | GB | Los Angeles County | LSA |
| Moracco, Runyan, Bowling, and Earp (2007) | 1,800 | LB | US (48 contiguous states) | ASA |
| Paul, Catania, Pollack, and Stall (2001) | 2,881 | GB | San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago | CSA, ASA |
| Saewyc, Skay, Bearinger, Blum, and Resnick (1998)b | 394 | GLB | Minnesota | CSA |
| Saewyc, Bearinger, Blum, and Resnick (1999)b | 3,816 | LB | Minnesota | CSA |
| Saewyc et al. (2006)b,c | ||||
| Sample 1 (MSS92) | 1,710 | GLB | Minnesota | CSA |
| Sample 2 (MSS98) | 1,987 | GLB | Minnesota | CSA |
| Sample 3 (SEA95) | 325 | GLB | Seattle | CSA |
| Sample 4 (SEA99) | 314 | GLB | Seattle | CSA |
| Sample 5 (Add Health) | n/a | LB | US | CSA |
| Sandfort et al. (2007)a | 912 | GB | New York, Miami, Los Angeles | IPSA |
| Scheer et al. (2003) | 2,438 | LB | Northern California | LSA |
| Tjaden, Thoennes, and Allison (1999) | 744 | GL | US (50 states and Washington, DC) | CSA, ASA, LSA, IPSA6 |
| Non-Probability Samples (n=50) | ||||
| Aaron and Hughes (2007) | 416 | L | Chicago | CSA |
| Austin et al. (2008) | 63,028 | LB | US (14 states) | CSA |
| Balsam, Rothblum, and Beauchaine (2005) | 1,245 | GLB | US | CSA, ASA |
| Barney (2003)a,b | 5,602 | G | US (33 states) | CSA |
| Bartholow et al. (1994) | 1,001 | GB | Chicago, Denver, San Francisco | CSA |
| Bernhard (2000) | 215 | L | Midwest urban area | LSA, IPSA |
| Bradford, Ryan, and Rothblum (1994) and Descamps, | 1,925 | L | US (50 states) | CSA, ASA, LSA, IPSA |
| Rothblum, Bradford, and Ryan (2000)e | ||||
| Carballo-Dieguez and Dolezal (1995)a | 182 | GB | New York City | CSA |
| Comstock (1989) | 291 | GL | US (31 states & DC) | HC |
| Corliss, Cochran, Mayes, Greeland, and Seeman (2009) | 2,001 | LB/non-het | Los Angeles County & San Francisco/Bay area | CSA |
| D’Augelli, Grossman, and Starks (2006)b | 528 | GLB | New York City | HC |
| Dibble, Sato, and Haller (2007)a | 29 | L | California | CSA, ASA |
| Dolezal and Carballo-Dieguez (2002)a | 307 | GB | New York City | CSA |
| Duncan (1990) | 412 | GLB | Midwest | LSA |
| Feldman and Meyer (2007) | 193 | GB | New York City | CSA |
| Freedner et al. (2002)b | 521 | GLB | Northeast | IPSA |
| Garcia, Adams, Friedman, and East (2002) | 138 | GLB | San Diego | LSA |
| Griffith, Myers, Cusick, and Tankersley (1997) | 115 | L | N/A | CSA |
| Heidt, Marx, and Gold (2005) | 307 | GLB | N/A | CSA, ASA |
| Herek, Gillis, and Cogan (1999) | 2,259 | GLB | Sacramento | HC |
| Houston and McKirnan (2007) | 817 | GB | Chicago | IPSA |
| Hughes, Haas, and Avery (1997) | 418 | L | Chicago | CSA, IPSA |
| Hughes, Haas, Razzano, Cassidy, and Matthews (2000) | 829 | L | Chicago; Minneapolis/St. Paul; New York | CSA, IPSA |
| Hughes (2003) | 120 | L | Chicago | CSA, ASA |
| Lenderking, Wold, Mayer, Goldstein, Losina, and Seage III (1997) | 327 | GB | Boston | CSA |
| Lehavot, Walters, and Simoni (2009)a | 152 | LB | 7 cities | CSA, LSA |
| Matthews, Hughes, Johnson, Razzano, and Cassidy (2002) | 829 | L | Chicago; Minneapolis/St. Paul; New York | CSA |
| Mimiaga et al. (2009) | 4,244 | GB | 6 cities | CSA |
| Moore and Waterman (1999) | 152 | GL | N/A | ASA, IPSA |
| Morris and Balsam (2003) | 2,431 | LB | US (every state) | CSA, ASA, LSA, IPSA, HC |
| Mustanski, Garofalo, Herrick, and Donenberg (2007)b | 310 | GB | Chicago | LSA, IPSA |
| Rankow, Cambre, and Cooper (1998) | 567 | LB | North Carolina | CSA |
| Roberts and Sorensen (1999) | 1,633 | L | US (50 states, Washington, DC and PR) | CSA, LSA |
| Robohm, Litzenberger, and Pearlman (2003) | 227 | LB | US (National) | CSA |
| Rodriguez-Madera and Toro-Alfonso (2005)a | 302 | GB | New York, Puerto Rico | IPSA |
| Rosario, Schrimshaw, and Hunter (2006)b | 80 | GB | New York City | LSA |
| Saewyc, Bearinger, Heinz, Blum, and Resnick (1998)a,b | 3,749 | GLB | US (National) | CSA |
| Schneider (1991) | 372 | L | New England, New York City, Middle Atlantic states | LSA |
| Simoni, Walters, Balsam, and Meyers (2006)a | 71 | GB | New York City | IPSA |
| Stoddard, Dibble, and Fineman (2009) | 324 | LB | California | CSA, ASA, LSA |
| Thiede et al. (2003)b | 3,492 | GB | 7 US cities | LSA |
| Tomeo, Templer, Anderson, and Kotler (2001) | 942 | GL | Central California | CSA |
| Toro-Alfonso (1999)a | 151 | G | Puerto Rico | IPSA |
| Toro-Alfonso and Rodriguez-Madera (2004)a | 199 | GB | Puerto Rico | IPSA |
| Turrell (2000) | 499 | GLB | SE Texas | IPSA |
| Waldner and Berg (2008)a | 297 | GLB | US (13 states) | HC |
| Waldner-Haugrud and Gratch (1997)a | 273 | GL | US (14 states) | IPSA |
| Waterman, Dawson, and Bologna (1989) | 70 | GL | Northeastern US | IPSA |
| Weingourt (1998)a | 94 | L | N/A | CSA |
| Wilsnack et al. (2008) | 953 | LB | Chicago, US (National) | CSA |
Note: ASA: adult sexual assault; B: bisexual; CSA: childhood sexual assault; G: gay; HC: hate crime-related sexual assault; L: lesbian; LSA: lifetime sexual assault; IPSA: intimate partner sexual assault.
b
Adolescent sample.
a
Racially or ethnically specific sample.
c
This study reports on findings from five different samples of U.S. youth. In this review, results from each of the five samples are considered separately.
d
This study reports the prevalence of IPSA for females only.
e
These two studies used the same sample but present results on different forms of sexual violence.