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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 May 10;53(4):457–464. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.021

Table 3.

Twelve-Month Prevalence of Sexual Violence Victimization by Recent Food and Housing Insecurity

Weighted 12-month prevalence, % (95% CI)
Women
Men
Type of violence Recent housing
insecuritya
No recent
housing
insecuritya
Recent food
insecuritya
No recent
food
insecuritya
Recent
housing
insecuritya
No recent
housing
insecuritya
Recent food
insecuritya
No recent
food
insecuritya
Contact sexual violenceb 6.2 (5.1, 7.5) 2.3 (1.7, 3.0) 6.6 (5.3, 8.1) 2.9 (2.3, 3.7) 6.0 (4.8, 7.6) 2.4 (1.8, 3.1) 7.2 (5.5, 9.4) 2.7 (2.1, 3.4)
Noncontact unwanted sexual experiencesc 4.2 (3.3, 5.4) 1.9 (1.4, 2.5) 5.3 (4.1, 6.8) 1.9 (1.4, 2.5) 4.7 (3.6, 6.1) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) 5.5 (4.0, 7.6) 1.8 (1.3, 2.3)

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Respondents were designated as having experienced recent food or housing insecurity if they indicated that they experienced food or housing insecurity sometimes, usually, or always (versus never or rarely) in the past 12 months.

b

Contact sexual violence includes rape, being made to penetrate a perpetrator, sexual coercion, or unwanted sexual contact.

c

Noncontact unwanted sexual experiences include, for example, someone exposing his or her sexual body parts, flashing, or masturbating in front of the victim, or someone harassing the victim in a public place in a way that made the victim feel unsafe.