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Table 1 Prevalence of hands-on sexual aggression

From: Characteristics and associated factors of self-reported sexual aggression in the Belgian population aged 16–69

Item

Women

N (%; 95% CI)a

n = 2354

Men

N (%; 95% CI)

n = 2333

Total

N (%; 95% CI)

n = 4687

Lifetime

 Kissing

18 (0.7; 0.4–1.2)

55 (2.5; 1.9–3.2)

73 (1.6; 1.2–2.0)

 Fondling/rubbing

11 (0.4; 0.2–0.8)

74 (3.2; 2.5–4.0)

85 (1.8; 1.4–2.2)

 Undressing

1 (0.0; 0.0–0.3)

14 (0.7; 0.4–1.1)

15 (0.4; 0.2–0.6)

 Oral penetration

1 (0.0; 0.0–0.3)

11 (0.4; 0.2–0.8)

12 (0.2; 0.1–0.4)

 Attempted oral penetration

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

12 (0.5; 0.3–0.9)

15 (0.3; 0.2–0.5)

 Vaginal or anal penetration

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.3)

16 (0.7; 0.4–1.2)

19 (0.4; 0.2–0.6)

 Attempted vag. or anal penetration

2 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

15 (0.8; 0.5–1.2)

17 (0.4; 0.3–0.7)

 Forcing to penetrate

2 (0.1; 0.0–0.3)

1 (0.1; 0.0–0.3)

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.2)

Any hands-on

34 (1.4; 1.0–2.0)

132 (5.7; 4.8–6.8)

166 (3.5; 3.0–4.1)

Past 12 months

 Kissing

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

10 (0.3; 0.1–0.7)

13 (0.2; 0.1–0.4)

 Fondling/rubbing

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

14 (0.5; 0.3–0.9)

17 (0.3; 0.2–0.5)

 Undressing

0 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

5 (0.2; 0.1–0.5)

5 (0.1; 0.0–0.2)

 Oral penetration

0 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

2 (0.0; 0.0–0.3)

2 (0.0; 0.0–0.1)

 Attempted oral penetration

1 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

2 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

3 (0.1; 0.0–0.2)

 Vaginal or anal penetration

1 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

6 (0.3; 0.1–0.6)

7 (0.1; 0.1–0.3)

 Attempted vag. or anal penetration

2 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)

5 (0.3; 0.1–0.6)

7 (0.2; 0.1–0.4)

 Forcing to penetrate

0 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

0 (0.0; 0.0–0.2)

0 (0.0; 0.0–0.1)

Any hands-on

10 (0.4; 0.2–0.8)

32 (1.2; 0.8–1.8)

42 (0.8; 0.6–1.1)

  1. aN respondents that reported each behaviour (unweighted) and weighted proportion in % representative of sex and age in Belgian population