title: Correlates of sexual violence among adolescent females in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency, experiences and correlates of sexual violence among female adolescents in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2 schools in Riyadh city for adolescent females starting from January 2008 for 3 months. Five classes with 25 students in each were randomly selected from intermediate and secondary grade of each school. Four hundred and nineteen students were included. A self-answering questionnaire was distributed and collected after 15 minutes by 3 research assistants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two adolescent students (10%) were exposed to sexual violence. Only 31% of the students were taught how to react to sexual violence. Students whose order was > or = 5th among siblings and who had unsupportive parents in discussing sexual issues were more exposed to sexual violence (chi2=4.02, p=0.044, chi2=4.24, p=0.039).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Being > or = 5th in order among siblings and having unsupportive parents in discussing sexual issues were correlates for exposure to sexual violence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 231831, Riyadh 11321, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jalquaiz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Al-Joharah M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Al-Quaiz
authors.forename: Hafsa M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Raheel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012529:Saudi Arabia