In 2019, it was found that 89 percent of French victims of sexual violence as minors had been sexually assaulted (e.g., touched) and 22 percent had been raped.
In addition, the proportion of victims of sexual abuse who told someone about their abuse was relatively high. Indeed, it was found that nearly 70 percent of victims of child abuse told someone about being sexually assaulted.
Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019
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The source adds the following information: "People who were raped or sexually assaulted before the age of 18 were considered victims of childhood sexual abuse."
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Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. (October 3, 2019). Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/
Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. "Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019." Chart. October 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/
Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. (2019). Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/
Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. "Proportion of People Who Were Sexually Abused as Children Who Told Someone about Their Abuse in France in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/
Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie, Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Proportion of people who were sexually abused as children who told someone about their abuse in France in 2019 [Graph], Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie, October 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246089/victims-childhood-sexual-abuse-spoke-france/