Incidence of sexual violence among recently arrived asylum-seeking women in France: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevention of sexual violence (SV) occurring shortly after arrival in host countries towards female asylum seekers requires knowledge about its incidence. We aimed to determine the incidence of SV and its associated factors during the past year of living in France among asylum-seeking females who had arrived more than one year earlier but less than two years.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a life-event survey of asylum-seeking females who had been registered in southern France by the Office for Immigration for more than one year but less than two. The primary outcome was the occurrence of SV during the past year, weighted by the deviation in age and geographical origin of our sample from all females registered. The nature of SV was not

SUBMITTER: Khouani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624985 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature