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. 2020 Feb 17;20:239. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8156-4

Table 7.

Sexually abused participant characteristics and source of abuse

Variable Mean SD
Age at first sexual abuse 9.92 7.633
Mean score of sexual abuse consequence 5.307 3.0282
Age of disclosure 11.92 8.492
Variable Frequency %
Sexual abuse in the last year (n = 136)
 ● Yes 20 14.7
 ● No 116 85.29
Seeking assistance (n = 138)
 ● No, did not suffer 67 48.55
 ● No, although suffering 54 39.13
 ● Yes 17 12.31
Source of abuse (n = 117)
 ● Ex-husband 6 5.12
 ● Current husband 15 12.82
 ● Stepfather 1 0.85
 ● Stepmother 1 0.85
 ● Mother 0 0
 ● Father 5 4.27
 ● Brother 17 14.52
 ● Sister 1 0.85
 ● Children 1 0.85
 ● Friends 6 5.12
 ● Known Person 27 23.07
 ● Unknown Person 15 12.82
 ● Others 22 18.80
Substance abuse of abusers (n = 110)
 ● Smoking 53 48.18
 ● Drugs 5 4.54
 ● Alcohol 6 5.45
 ● Nothing 46 41.81
Disclosure (n = 135)
 ● No 88 65.18
 ● Yes, partially 30 22.22
 ● Yes, all 17 12.59
Disclosure to a medical practitioner (n = 56)
 ● No 49 87.5
 ● Yes, she knows 1 1.78
 ● Yes, when she asked 5 8.92
 ● Yes, immediately 1 1.78