TY - JOUR
T1 - A global perspective on child sexual abuse
T2 - Meta-analysis of prevalence around the world
AU - Stoltenborgh, Marije
AU - van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
AU - Euser, Eveline M.
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
PY - 2011/5/1
Y1 - 2011/5/1
N2 - Our comprehensive meta-analysis combined prevalence figures of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) reported in 217 publications published between 1980 and 2008, including 331 independent samples with a total of 9,911,748 participants. The overall estimated CSA prevalence was 127/1000 in self-report studies and 4/1000 in informant studies. Self-reported CSA was more common among female (180/1000) than among male participants (76/1000). Lowest rates for both girls (113/1000) and boys (41/1000) were found in Asia, and highest rates were found for girls in Australia (215/1000) and for boys in Africa (193/1000). The results of our meta-analysis confirm that CSA is a global problem of considerable extent, but also show that methodological issues drastically influence the self-reported prevalence of CSA.
AB - Our comprehensive meta-analysis combined prevalence figures of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) reported in 217 publications published between 1980 and 2008, including 331 independent samples with a total of 9,911,748 participants. The overall estimated CSA prevalence was 127/1000 in self-report studies and 4/1000 in informant studies. Self-reported CSA was more common among female (180/1000) than among male participants (76/1000). Lowest rates for both girls (113/1000) and boys (41/1000) were found in Asia, and highest rates were found for girls in Australia (215/1000) and for boys in Africa (193/1000). The results of our meta-analysis confirm that CSA is a global problem of considerable extent, but also show that methodological issues drastically influence the self-reported prevalence of CSA.
KW - adult retrospective reports
KW - child sexual abuse
KW - community samples
KW - cultural/ethnic issues
KW - epidemiology
KW - gender/sex differences
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U2 - 10.1177/1077559511403920
DO - 10.1177/1077559511403920
M3 - Article
C2 - 21511741
AN - SCOPUS:79955802079
VL - 16
SP - 79
EP - 101
JO - Child Maltreatment
JF - Child Maltreatment
SN - 1077-5595
IS - 2
ER -
