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Sexual Violence against Children with Disabilities: A Danish National Birth Cohort Prospective Study Cover

Sexual Violence against Children with Disabilities: A Danish National Birth Cohort Prospective Study

Open Access
|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Risk of being a victim of sexual violence based on disability

Exposed to sexual violence N=8860Not exposed to sexual violence N=561491
Diagnosisn%n%
Autistic spectrum disorder1731.9511,5992.07
ADHD5205.8713,3992.39
Speech disability3634.109,9891.78
Sensory disability1571.776,8051.21
Epilepsy1661.877,6731.37
Intellectual disability1421.603,6710.65
Brain injury7668.6534,3326.11
Physical disability4635.2321,8213.89
Dyslexia340.381,3690.24
Cong. Malformations89510.1056,0129.98

Risk of being a victim of sexual violence based on parental and family risk factors

Exposed to sexual violence N=8,860Not exposed to sexual violence N=561,491Odds Ratio
Risk factorExposed%Exposed%OR95% CI
Mental diagnosis3,26336.83106,86919.032.482.37-2.59
Abuse (alcohol or drugs)1,16213.1226,5054.723.052.86-3.25
Violence (perpetrator or victim)2,81831.8177,92813.882.892.76-3.03
Out-of-home care1,19413.4816,9313.025.014.70-5.34
Preventive in-home care1,79620.2750,6969.032.562.43-2.70
Relationship dissolved6,39272.14262,79446.802.942.81-3.09
Teenage motherhood2853.226,6961.192.752.43-3.11
Unemployment7,01479.16355,98463.402.192.08-2.31

Unadjusted and adjusted risk of being a victim of sexual violence based on disability and family risk factors (N = 570,351)

DiagnosisUnadjusted OR95% CIAdjusted OR95% CI
Autistic spectrum disorder0.940.81-1.100.880.75-1.03
ADHD2.552.33-2.792.011.82-2.22
Speech disability2.362.11-2.631.671.49-1.88
Sensory disability1.471.25-1.731.170.99-1.38
Epilepsy1.381.17-1.611.020.87-1.20
Intellectual disability2.482.08-2.931.621.35-1.94
Brain injury1.451.35-1.571.301.20-1.40
Physical disability1.361.24-1.501.201.08-1.32
Dyslexia1.581.09-2.211.140.79-1.64
Cong. Malformations1.010.94-1.091.030.96-1.11

Risk of being a victim of sexual violence based on number of disabilities

Number of disabilitiesUnadjusted OR95% CIAdjusted OR95% CI
1 disability1.381.32-1.451.751.25- 2.46
2 disabilities1.901.73-2.082.691.37- 5.29
3 or more disabilities2.011.70-2.383.501.18-10.43
Language: English
Page range: 143 - 149
Published on: Dec 16, 2023
Published by: Psychiatric Research Unit
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Ask Elklit, Siobhan Murphy, Christian Skovgaard, Mette Lausten, published by Psychiatric Research Unit
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