Citation

Howard DE, Wang MQ, Yan F. Adolescence 2007; 42(168): 629-643.

Affiliation

Department of Public and Community Health, CHHP, 2387 Valley Drive, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18229501

Abstract

Although a history of forced sexual intercourse affects a relatively small number of U.S. adolescents, it is a persistent and alarming public health problem. This study examined the robustness of the risk profile of adolescents who report a history of forced sexual intercourse using the most current and representative data from the national 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Overall, 8.01% of high school adolescents reported a history of forced sexual intercourse. The lifetime prevalence for females (10.3%) was roughly twice of that for males (4.8%). Important differences in the risk profile associated with forced sexual intercourse were found by gender.

Language: en