Table 2.

Assailant characteristics in sexual assaults on patients attending a sexual assault centre in Oslo, Norway

	Female patients n (%)	Male patients n (%)	Patients total n (%)
Gender*
Male	671 (99.3)	44 (93.6)*	715 (98.9)
Female	5 (0.7)	3 (6.4)*	8 (1.1)
Relation
Met same day	188 (26.9)	9 (16.4)	197 (26.2)
Stranger	161 (23.1)	19 (34.5)	180 (23.9)
Acquaintance	167 (23.9)	7 (12.7)	174 (23.1)
Friend	57 (8.2)	2 (3.6)	59 (7.8)
Met via the internet	34 (4.9)	8 (14.5)**	42 (5.6)
Intimate partner present/past	33 (4.7)	2 (3.6)	35 (4.6)
Authority figure	16 (2.3)	–	16 (2.1)
Family member	6 (0.9)	1 (1.8)	7 (0.9)
Other/no information	36 (5.2)	7 (12.7)	43 (5.7)
Total†	698 (100)	55 (100)	753 (100)

Comparisons between sexes: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

*Missing information in 30 cases; 22 among female and 8 among male.

†One assailant in 537 (83.3%) cases, two in 40 (6.2%), three or more in 23 (3.6%), unknown in 45 (7.0%).