Table 6. Characteristics of quantitative and mixed-method studies included in the review with populations at risk.
| Author | Period of prevalence | Study design | Setting | Method of data collection | Instruments/ Tools used to measure CSA |
Sample size and sampling strategy | Age (in years) |
Type of sexual abuse | Prevalence | Perpetration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-contact | Contact | Forced intercourse | ||||||||||
| Silverman et al. (2007) [60] |
Childhood | Review of sex trafficked females | NGO | Case and medical records abstracted | Not stated | 160 Sex trafficked girls and women Purposive sampling |
<18 | X | X | X | 51.87% | Included |
| Silverman et al. (2006) [72] |
Childhood | Case and medical records | NGO | Case and medical records abstracted | Not stated | 175 Sex trafficked girls and women Purposive sampling |
9–30 | X | X | X | 65.9% | Not included |
| Silverman et al. (2011) [61] |
Childhood | Cross-sectional | ASHA Center | Self-administered questionnaire | Not stated | 211 HIV infected FSW’s Purposive sampling |
>18 | X | 55.70% | Included | ||
| Shahmanesh et al.(2009a) 2 | Childhood | Cross-sectional | Community | Administered questionnaire | Not stated | 326 FSW’s Respondent driven sampling |
>18 | Not specified: “sexual abuse” | 4.60% | Not included | ||
| Shahmanesh et al.(2009b) 2 | Childhood | Cross-sectional | Community | Administered structured interview | Not stated | 326 FSW’s Respondent driven sampling |
>18 | Not specified: “sexual abuse” | 4.60% | Not included | ||
| Bhat et al. (2012) [52] |
Childhood | Cross-sectional | Observation home | Self-administered questionnaire | Finkelhor's sexual abuse scale | 119 Runaway boys Purposive sampling |
11–18 | X | X | X | 35.0% | Included |
| Deb et al. (2009)3 [55] |
Childhood | Case Control (120 sexually abused girls and 120 non- sexually abused girls) | Observation home/shelter home and schools | Administered structured interview | Sexual Abuse Screening Questionnaire | 240 Young girls Purposive sampling | 13–18 | X | X | X | 17%-46% | Included |
| Banerjee et al. (2008) [51] |
Childhood | Cross Sectional | Community | Personal interviews | Not stated | 330 Domestic child laborers Stratified random sampling |
8–14 | Not specified: “sexual abuse” | 3% | Not included | ||
# Data based on an Intervention Study.
* Mixed Methods Study.
**International Society for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect Tool-Retrospective (ISPCAN).
2 Studies based on same data set but reporting different health outcomes.
3 Studies based on same data set but reporting different health outcome.