title: Prevalence of sexual abuse history in a random sample of Norwegian women.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, University of Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D015995:Prevalence; D011897:Random Allocation; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology