France: share of women victims of sexual assault or abuse in public places 2017| ��ƽ��

Percentage of women who have been victims of at least one form of sexual abuse or assault in public and semi-public places in France in 2017*

Characteristic	Share of women
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Release date

April 2018

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Region

France

Survey time period

January 26-29, 2018

Number of respondents

2,008 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

Women

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Au cours de votre vie, avez-vous déjà vécu chacune de ces situations dans [la rue] / [les transports en commun] ?"

Situations were defined as "You were looked at with insistence, you have been subjected to coarse gestures with a sexual connotation, you were whistled at, you have been subject of remarks, mockery or sexist insults, you have been approached with insistence despite your lack of consent, you were followed on part of your journey, a passenger has exhibited his sex in front of you, a passenger has rubbed up against you in an inappropriate way, you have been stroked or touched of a sexual nature, you have been sexually penetrated with violence, coercion or surprise"

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This graphs shows the percentage of women who have been victims of at least one form of sexual abuse or assault in public and semi-public places (in the street, in public transportation) in France in 2017. It appears that ** percent of women who responded to the survey declared they had faced at least one form of sexual assault or abuse but not within the past year.