Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization — National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011

Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization — National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011

MMWR Surveillance Summaries Vol. 63, No. SS-8 September 5, 2014

PDFPrevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization — National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011  Matthew J. Breiding, PhD, Sharon G. Smith, PhD, Kathleen C. Basile, PhD, et al. MMWR 2014;63(No. SS-8)  This report examines the prevalence of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate  partner violence victimization using data from the 2011 National Intimate  Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. In the United States, an estimated 19.3%  of women and 1.7% of men have been raped during their lifetimes; an estimated  1.6% of women reported that they were raped in the 12 months preceding the  survey. An estimated 43.9% of women and 23.4% of men experienced other  forms of sexual violence during their lifetimes. The percentages of women and  men who experienced these other forms of sexual violence victimization in the  12 months preceding the survey were an estimated 5.5% and 5.1%, respectively.  An estimated 15.2% of women and 5.7% of men have been a victim of stalking  during their lifetimes. An estimated 4.2% of women and 2.1% of men were  stalked in the 12 months preceding the survey. The lifetime and 12-month  prevalences of rape by an intimate partner for women were an estimated 8.8%  and 0.8%, respectively. An estimated 15.8% of women and 9.5% of men  experienced other forms of sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime,  while an estimated 2.1% of both men and women experienced these forms of  sexual violence by a partner in the 12 months prior to the survey.