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. 2013 Jan 30;8(1):e55337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055337

Table 1. Rates and characteristics of the specific forms of childhood sexual abuse experienced by the affected individuals, their communication/support experience, and their perpetrator’s status (N = 17).

Childhood sexual abuse % Perpetrator status %
CSA type Female 0.06
 Sexual invitation (i) * 75.0 Multiple individuals 18.8
 Sexual kissing (ii) 62.5 Forced or threatened you 47.1
 Fondling (iii) 70.6 Age of perpetrator(s)
 Exposing (iv) 60.0 <15 y 15.0
 Sexual touching (v) 26.7 15–18 y 35.0
 Intercourse (vi) 37.5 19–24 y 20.0
25–49 y 15.0
After these incidents: >50 y 15.0
 I told no one 81.3
 I told someone and was believed and supported 17.6 Relationship with perpetrator
 Relative living at home 17.6
 I told someone and was believed but not supported 0.06  Non-relative living at home 0.0
 Relative not living at home 6.0
 I told someone and was not believed, blame, or punished 0.0  Family friend or other important 29.4
adult not living at home
 Telling someone put an end to the abuse 100.0  Acquaintance or neighbor 41.2
Stranger 17.6
*

Type as listed in Methods sub-section, ‘Sample and Assessment of Childhood Sexual Abuse’. 70.6% of affected individuals experienced more than one CSA type. Participants were classified into three exclusive, hierarchical exposure categories: (1) non-genital (N = 3 pairs) [numbers (i), (ii) and (iv)], (2) genital (N = 8 pairs) [numbers (iii) and (v)] and (3) intercourse (N = 6 pairs) [number (vi)].