@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of sexual abuse history in a random sample of Norwegian women",
journal="Scandinavian journal of social medicine",
year="1990",
author="Schei, Berit",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="63-68",
abstract="In order to obtain an estimate of the prevalence of sexual abuse history among adult women, data from a gynecological interview of a random sample of 118 women aged between 20-49 were analysed. Childhood sexual abuse involving genital contact was reported by 8.5% of the women. Intrafamilial sexual abuse in childhood was reported by 7%, 10% of all women who had ever lived in a relationship reported sexual abuse by a violent spouse, additionally 7% had experienced sexual abuse by a non-violent spouse. 5% of all women had experienced adult sexual abuse by other than their spouse. Sexual abuse in childhood and by violent spouse was associated with a history of psychological problems and of suicidal ideation or attempts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0300-8037",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}