1. Prevalence and associated factors with sexual violence victimisation youth before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study in Spain
- Author
-
Sanz-Barbero, B., Saurina, C., Serra, L., Renart Vicens, G., Vall-Llosera Casanovas, L., Otero-Garciá, L., López Medina, María José, Perez, G., Vives-Cases, Carmen, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Salud Pública, Investigación en Género (IG), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red - CIBERESP (Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Cross-sectional study ,Epidemiology ,Sexual Behavior ,Population ,COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 ,Victimisation ,Young Adult ,symbols.namesake ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020 ,Humans ,Poisson regression ,Young adult ,education ,Sexual violence ,education.field_of_study ,Public health ,Violence in adolescence ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Sexual attraction ,Associated factors ,Sex Offenses ,public health ,COVID-19 ,General Medicine ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,COVID-19 lockdown ,Spain ,Communicable Disease Control ,Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública ,symbols ,Medicine ,Female ,Violència juvenil ,business ,Demography ,Young adults - Abstract
ObjectivesTo analyse the prevalence of sexual violence (SV) and associated factors in Spanish young adults in the last year and before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown.DesignCross-sectional study based on the online ‘SV in Young People Survey’ (2020).SettingNon-institutionalised population residing in Spain.Participants2515 men and women aged 18–35 years old. The participants were obtained from a probability based, online closed panel of adults aged 16 or older that is representative of the non-institutionalised population. The sample designed includes quotas by sex, age, region and country of origin.Outcomes measures and analysesSV victimisation by sociodemographics, sexual attraction and couple-related characteristics during the past year and before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown (March–June 2020). Prevalence ratios were calculated using robust Poisson regression models.ResultsIn Spain, 8.5% of young people experienced SV during the past year. The greatest prevalence was observed in women with bisexual attraction (17.5%) and in men with homosexual attraction (14.2%). During the COVID-19 lockdown, the prevalence of SV victimisation was lower (1.9%), but unwanted intercourses increased, affecting 64.4% of those exposed to SV during the period. People with homosexual or bisexual attraction were more likely to experience SV in all of the studied periods (PRbefore: 2.01; pConclusionsSV victimisation in Spanish youth is high. During COVID-19, there were changes in the magnitude of factors associated with SV. It seems that SV events decreased in people who did not live with their partners, but unwanted intercourses increased. The development of prevention strategies to address SV in youth should take into account social inequalities by sex, sexual orientation and origin.
- Published
- 2021