Table 2.
Responding Belgian experts’ knowledge of the prevalence of sexual violence
| Completely disagree | Disagree | I don’t know | Agree | Completely agree | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | P | n | P | n | P | n | P | n | P | N | P | |
| SV is a major public health problem worldwide in Belgium | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 17 | 28% | 43 | 72% | 60 | 100% |
| 0 | 0% | 3 | 5% | 2 | 3% | 38 | 63% | 17 | 28% | 60 | 100% | |
| Prevalence of sexual violence in Belgium: | ||||||||||||
| 25% of girls (<18y) | 4 | 7% | 10 | 17% | 26 | 43% | 13 | 22% | 7 | 12% | 60 | 100% |
| 15% of women (>18y) | 1 | 2% | 3 | 5% | 21 | 36% | 27 | 46% | 7 | 12% | 60 | 100% |
| 10% of boys (<18y) | 0 | 0% | 6 | 10% | 35 | 58% | 13 | 22% | 6 | 10% | 60 | 100% |
| 5% of men (>18y) | 1 | 2% | 1 | 2% | 33 | 55% | 22 | 37% | 3 | 5% | 60 | 100% |
| 30% of transgender | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2% | 35 | 58% | 20 | 33% | 4 | 7% | 60 | 100% |
| 40% of lesbians, gays or bisexuals | 0 | 0% | 5 | 8% | 37 | 62% | 14 | 23% | 4 | 7% | 60 | 100% |
| 40% of migrants | 0 | 0% | 6 | 10% | 37 | 62% | 14 | 23% | 3 | 5% | 60 | 100% |
| Irregular migrants are more vulnerable to SV | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3% | 6 | 10% | 36 | 60% | 16 | 27% | 60 | 100% |
| Physical/mental disabled people are more vulnerable to SV | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 12% | 31 | 52% | 22 | 37% | 60 | 100% |
‘n’: frequency of a certain variable in the sample; ‘N’: sample size; ‘P’: observed percentage of a certain variable in the sample
Abbreviations: SV Sexual violence