On one or more occasions during the 12 months before the survey
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
The survey was conducted at all regular public and private schools with students in at least one of grades 9–12 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
*According to the source: Percentage of high school students who were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to.
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U.S. high school students forced to have sex as of 2017, by gender and ethnicity
This statistic shows the share of American students in grades 9 to 12 who stated they have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to at least once in their lives. The results were sorted by gender and ethnicity. According to the survey, 11.7 percent of female student respondents with a black, non-Hispanic background stated they have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse against their will at least once in their lives.
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Percentage of students who were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse as of 2017, by gender and ethnicity [Graph], CDC, June 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/221837/us-students-who-experienced-dating-violence-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
