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Table 3 Framing of lifetime sexual violence by victims

From: Sexual violence in older adults: a Belgian prevalence study

 

A Crime

Wrong but not a crime

Just something that happened

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Any SV (n = 227)

53 (23.3)

78 (34.4)

108 (47.6)

Any hands-off (n = 183)

34 (18.6)

53 (23.0)

72 (26.8)

Any hands-on (n = 139)

34 (24.5)

42 (38.1)

49 (51.8)

Sexual Abuse (n = 130)

27 (20.8)

47 (36.2)

68 (52.3)

(attempted) Rape (n = 32)

14 (43.8)

9 (28.1)

9 (28.1)

  1. Note. For hands-off SV only the incident with the most impact on the victim was included in the analysis. For hands-on SV all incidents were included and grouped into sexual abuse, (attempted) rape and hands-on SV. If victims indicated a different framing for different incidents, they are included as separate answers and so the total % is > 100%
  2. Abbreviations: SV = sexual violence
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