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Table 2 Responding Belgian experts’ knowledge of the prevalence of sexual violence

From: Establishing Sexual Assault Care Centres in Belgium: health professionals’ role in the patient-centred care for victims of sexual violence

 

Completely disagree

Disagree

I don’t know

Agree

Completely agree

Total

n

P

n

P

n

P

n

P

n

P

N

P

SV is a major public health problem worldwide in Belgium

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

17

28%

43

72%

60

100%

0

0%

3

5%

2

3%

38

63%

17

28%

60

100%

Prevalence of sexual violence in Belgium:

 25% of girls (<18y)

4

7%

10

17%

26

43%

13

22%

7

12%

60

100%

 15% of women (>18y)

1

2%

3

5%

21

36%

27

46%

7

12%

60

100%

 10% of boys (<18y)

0

0%

6

10%

35

58%

13

22%

6

10%

60

100%

 5% of men (>18y)

1

2%

1

2%

33

55%

22

37%

3

5%

60

100%

 30% of transgender

0

0%

1

2%

35

58%

20

33%

4

7%

60

100%

 40% of lesbians, gays or bisexuals

0

0%

5

8%

37

62%

14

23%

4

7%

60

100%

 40% of migrants

0

0%

6

10%

37

62%

14

23%

3

5%

60

100%

Irregular migrants are more vulnerable to SV

0

0%

2

3%

6

10%

36

60%

16

27%

60

100%

Physical/mental disabled people are more vulnerable to SV

0

0%

0

0%

7

12%

31

52%

22

37%

60

100%

  1. ‘n’: frequency of a certain variable in the sample; ‘N’: sample size; ‘P’: observed percentage of a certain variable in the sample
  2. Abbreviations: SV Sexual violence