Table 2.

Prevalence of Exposure to Early Life Sexual Trauma by Age Group

Early life sexual trauma exposure	Women by age group* (N = 1745)
	All women, n (%)	Women aged 50–< 65 years, n (%)	Women aged 65–< 75 years, n (%)	Women aged > 75 years and older, n (%)
Childhood sexual abuse†	183 (11.4)	45 (13.7)	89 (12.4)	49 (8.5)
Unwanted first sexual experience‡	684 (39.2)	142 (42.9)	276 (35.8)	266 (41.1)

*Data are presented as absolute number plus weighted percentage

^†Childhood sexual abuse was defined as someone sexually touching the respondent before the ages of 12 years old or 13 years old

^‡Unwanted first sexual experience was defined as respondent indicating they were “forced into” or “went along with” their first sexual experience, rather than wanting this experience