TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Stoltenborgh, Marije
A1  - van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.
A1  - Euser, Eveline M.
A1  - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
SP  - 79
EP  - 101
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559511403920
ID  - ref1
ER  -