Table 4.
Perpetrator characteristics and context of the first incident of physically forced sex and pressured sex before age 18 among female and male respondents aged 13–17 years.
| Physically forced sex
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Pressured sex
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| Female
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Male
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Female
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Male
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| n | % (95% CI) | na | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | na | % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 17 | 7 | 19 | – | 17 | – | ||
| Number of perpetrators | ||||||||
| One person | 17 | 100 (–) | 7 | 100 (–) | 18 | 97.0 (90.7–100.0) | 14 | 67.2 (36.8–97.6) |
| 2+ persons | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 3.0 (0.0–9.3) | 3 | 32.8 (2.4–63.2) |
| Knew perpetrator | ||||||||
| Yes | 14 | 93.0 (82.3–100) | 7 | 100 (–) | 19 | 100 (–) | 13 | 67.5 (36.7–98.3) |
| No | 3 | 7.0 (0.0–17.7) | 0 | – | 0 | 2.2 (0.0–5.6) | 4 | 32.5 (2.4–63.2) |
| Perpetrator | ||||||||
| Stranger/unknown | 3 | 7.0 (0.0–17.7) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | 32.5 (1.7–63.3) |
| Boy/girlfriend/partner | 3 | 47.6 (1.0–94.2) | 3 | 54.0 (7.6–100) | 11 | 72.5 (43.0–100) | 5 | 23.8 (0.3–47.2) |
| Family/relative | 3 | 24.9 (0.0–57.6) | 2 | 15.1 (0.0–41.4) | 0 | – | 3 | 8.6 (0.0–20.0) |
| Neighbor | 5 | 12.9 (0.0–29.3) | 1 | 8.5 (0.0–25.8) | 2 | 6.3 (0.0–16.5) | 1 | 6.1 (0.0–18.0) |
| Friend/Classmate | 2 | 5.0 (0.0–13.9) | 1 | 22.5 (0.0–61.9) | 2 | 13.7 (0.0–38.1) | 3 | 20.9 (0.0–47.5) |
| Other | 1 | 2.7 (0.0–8.5) | 0 | – | 4 | 7.5 (0.0–17.0) | 1 | 8.1 (0.0–23.7) |
| Perpetrator age | ||||||||
| Older | 11 | 48.2 (3.6–92.8) | 3 | 33.2 (0.0–74.8) | 10 | 25.4 (0.2–50.6) | 9 | 52.0 (21.9–82.0) |
| Younger | 0 | – | 2 | 24.8 (0.0–59.3) | 0 | – | 1 | 3.5 (0.0–10.5) |
| Same | 6 | 51.8 (7.2–96.4) | 2 | 42.0 (0.0–91.6) | 9 | 74.6 (49.4–99.8) | 7 | 44.6 (14.4–74.7) |
| Don’t know | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Relative age of perpetratorb | ||||||||
| 10+ years older | 6 | 39.7 (4.0–75.4) | 2 | 32.3 (0.0–90.0) | 6 | 58.0 (25.7–90.3) | 3 | 41.4 (0.0–87.1) |
| Less than 10 years older | 4 | 60.3 (24.6–96.0) | 1 | 67.7 (10.0–100.0) | 4 | 42.0 (9.7–74.3) | 5 | 52.8 (8.4–97.2) |
| Don’t know | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5.8 (0.0–17.7) |
| Location of first incident | ||||||||
| My home | 4 | 15.8 (0.0–35.4) | 3 | 22.7 (0.0–53.3) | 3 | 19.3 (0.0–45.9) | 6 | 34.5 (5.3–63.7) |
| Perpetrator’s home | 3 | 7.9 (0.0–19.1) | 0 | – | 11 | 37.1 (5.1–69.0) | 1 | 3.9 (0.0–11.7) |
| School | 1 | 15.5 (0.0–44.6) | 1 | 22.5 (0.0–61.9) | 0 | – | 3 | 14.0 (0.0–32.6) |
| Traveling on foot | 2 | 2.5 (0.0–6.6) | 1 | 12.8 (0.0–38.3) | 2 | 40.1 (0.0–84.2) | 4 | 24.3 (0.0–49.1) |
| Other location | 7 | 58.4 (18.1–98.7) | 2 | 42.0 (0.0–91.6) | 3 | 3.5 (0.0–9.5) | 3 | 23.3 (0.0–52.7) |
| Time incident occurred | ||||||||
| Morning | 0 | – | 1 | 12.8 (0.0–38.3) | 1 | 4.9 (0.0–15.1) | 4 | 13.9 (0.0–28.6) |
| Afternoon | 6 | 22.2 (0.0–46.1) | 2 | 24.8 (0.0–64.1) | 10 | 63.4 (28.0–98.9) | 5 | 26.2 (0.8–51.5) |
| Evening | 7 | 67.3 (34.1–100) | 2 | 42.0 (0.0–91.6) | 5 | 26.7 (0.0–58.8) | 6 | 51.8 (21.7–81.9) |
| Late | 3 | 7.0 (0.0–17.3) | 1 | 8.5 (0.0–25.8) | 3 | 4.9 (0.0–11.9) | 2 | 8.2 (0.0–20.8) |
| Don’t know | 1 | 3.5 (0.0–10.8) | 1 | 12.0 (0.0–35.6) | 0 | – | 0 | – |
a
All the ns presented are unweighted but the proportions and respective 95% CI are weighted. Due to missing responses, totals vary between variables.
b
Among respondents who said the perpetrator was older than themselves.