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* The sum is not 100 because some studies either include more than one category or have missing values. Descriptive statistics of the studies reviewed.

Table 3 * The sum is not 100 because some studies either include more than one category or have missing values. Descriptive statistics of the studies reviewed.

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Fig. 1. Percentage of studies according to prevalence rates and gender. were searched using the key words prevalence, child sexual abuse, and childhood sexual abuse. In order to cover all the available citations, two more strategies were adopted: a reference list review and handsearch in the two journals most relevant to the topic of study, namely Child Abuse & Neglect and the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. Studies were included if they met the following criteria: (a) measured prevalence of child sexual abuse; (b) used a non-clinical sample; (c) were written in English; and (d) presented enough information to identify sample size and prevalence. Studies were excluded if they were referred to in Finkelhor’s review and if they reported findings from exactly the same sample as another already published study.
Fig. 1. Percentage of studies according to prevalence rates and gender. were searched using the key words prevalence, child sexual abuse, and childhood sexual abuse. In order to cover all the available citations, two more strategies were adopted: a reference list review and handsearch in the two journals most relevant to the topic of study, namely Child Abuse & Neglect and the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. Studies were included if they met the following criteria: (a) measured prevalence of child sexual abuse; (b) used a non-clinical sample; (c) were written in English; and (d) presented enough information to identify sample size and prevalence. Studies were excluded if they were referred to in Finkelhor’s review and if they reported findings from exactly the same sample as another already published study.
Table 1
Table 1
opulation: G (general); S (students); area: L (local); N (national); sampling: NP (non-probabilistic); P (probabilistic); definition: B (Broad—includes exhibitionism and sexual yntact sexual abuse). 4 (Not reported). > Incest—only incest. © Rape—only rape. 4 Prevalence per 100: the value is a mean across different subgroups.
opulation: G (general); S (students); area: L (local); N (national); sampling: NP (non-probabilistic); P (probabilistic); definition: B (Broad—includes exhibitionism and sexual yntact sexual abuse). 4 (Not reported). > Incest—only incest. © Rape—only rape. 4 Prevalence per 100: the value is a mean across different subgroups.
Fig. 2. Percentage of studies according to prevalence rates and gender, taking Finkelhor’s and the present review together. In the present review, the study by Choquet et al. (1997) examined the prevalence of rape in France and obtained an extremely low rate. A similarly low result was obtained in the study by Sariola and Uutela (1996). These authors only reported the prevalence of father-daughter and stepfather-daughter incest in Finland, using a very restrictive definition of child sexual abuse. This apparently lower rate of rape among French students may be related to the fact that this type of sexual abuse is not as frequent as other types (such as fondling or kissing) included in the majority of studies reviewed. As
Fig. 2. Percentage of studies according to prevalence rates and gender, taking Finkelhor’s and the present review together. In the present review, the study by Choquet et al. (1997) examined the prevalence of rape in France and obtained an extremely low rate. A similarly low result was obtained in the study by Sariola and Uutela (1996). These authors only reported the prevalence of father-daughter and stepfather-daughter incest in Finland, using a very restrictive definition of child sexual abuse. This apparently lower rate of rape among French students may be related to the fact that this type of sexual abuse is not as frequent as other types (such as fondling or kissing) included in the majority of studies reviewed. As
Prevalence according to country in the two reviews. Table 3
Prevalence according to country in the two reviews. Table 3
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