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Indicator name:
Violence: child maltreatment, lifetime prevalence (%)
Definition:
Sexual abuse is defined as the involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared, or else that violates the laws or social taboos of society. Children can be sexually abused by both adults and other children who are – by virtue of their age or stage of development – in a position of responsibility, trust or power over the victim.
Disaggregation:
Sex
Method of estimation:
Estimates based on meta-analysis of population-based prevalence surveys
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Global estimates were based on a meta-analysis of population-based prevalence studies from around the world.
Preferred data sources:
Population-based surveys
IMRID:
4468
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