Violência Sexual entre Adolescentes Escolares Brasileiros Sexual violence among Brazilian adolescent students Violencia Sexual entre Adolescentes Escolares Brasileños

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Describe the prevalence of sexual violence against Brazilian adolescent students and identify the main perpetrators of this type of violence. METHODS: Descriptive study based on micro-data from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE) of the year 2015 made with students from the 9th year of elementary education in public and private schools in Brazil. It was estimated the prevalence and respective confidence intervals (IC95%) of sexual violence according to sex, administrative dependency of the school by regions and federative units, besides estimated the prevalence and IC according to the author of the aggression by geographic regions. RESULTS: 48,3% of students were male and 51,7% female. The results showed that 4,0% (IC: 3,8-4,3) of Brazilian students were forced to have sexual intercourse at any time of their lives, being more prevalent in females (4,3%, IC: 4,0-4,7), in students of the public school system (4,4%, IC: 4,1-4,7) and in the Northern Region of the Country (5,3% IC: 4,8-5,9). There were high prevalence of family aggressors and / or with affective and loving relationships with the victim, mainly violence perpetrated by the victim’s boyfriend/girlfriend/ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend (26,6%; IC: 24,3-28,9). CONCLUSION: Violence through forced sexual intercourse is a serious social and public health problem, presenting significant rates among Brazilian students. The perpetrator of the aggression often has some connection with the victim, drawing attention to the high prevalence of violence observed in affective-loving relationships. Palabra Clave: Violencia sexual, adolescente, estudiantes.