Disability and risk of recent sexual violence in the United States

K.C. Basile, M.J. Breiding and S.G. Smith

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 5, 928-933

Abstract: Objectives. To examine the relative prevalence of recent (past 12 months) penetrative and nonpenetrative sexual violence comparing men and women with and without a disability. Methods. Data are from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, a national telephone survey of US adults, and includes an expansive measure of sexual violence victimization. A total of 9086 women and 7421 men completed the telephone survey in 2010. Results. Compared with persons without a disability, persons with a disability were at increased risk for recent rape for women (adjusted odds ratio = 3.3; 95% confidence interval = 1.6, 6.7), and being made to penetrate a perpetrator for men (adjusted odds ratio = 4.2;95% confidence interval = 1.6, 10.8). An estimated 39% of women raped in the 12 months preceding the survey had a disability at the time of the rape. For women and men, having a disability was associated with an increased risk of sexual coercion and noncontact unwanted sexual experiences. Conclusions. In this nationally representative sample, men and women with a disability were at increased risk for recent sexual violence, compared to those without a disability.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; age; crime victim; disabled person; epidemiology; female; human; male; middle aged; odds ratio; prevalence; rape; sex difference; sexual crime; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; United States; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Crime Victims; Disabled Persons; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Rape; Sex Factors; Sex Offenses; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004

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