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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prim Care. 2020 Feb 27;47(2):331–349. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2020.02.010

Table 5.

Perpetrators of sexual violence among victims who experienced sexual violence during youth

Completed or Attempted Rape (Girls) Completed or Attempted Made to Penetrate (Boys)
43.6% Acquaintance 35.1% Acquaintance
28.8% Current or former intimate partner X
27.7% Family member X
4.5% Person in a position of authority X
10.1% Stranger X

X, Estimates are not reported. Too few men and boys reported these forms of violence in 2012 to produce a reliable estimate for type of perpetrator.

From National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Division of Violence Prevention. In: Sexual Violence in Youth Findings from the 2012 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. 2013.