@article{ref1,
title="A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2011",
author="Stoltenborgh, Marije and van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H. and Euser, Eveline M. and Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="79-101",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/1077559511403920",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559511403920"
}