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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 9.7 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they had been forced to do "sexual things" (e.g., kissing, touching, or having sexual intercourse) they did not want to do 1 or more times in the past 12 months in 2017
Target: 8.7 percent
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
From the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System:
Numerator:
During the past 12 months, how many times did anyone force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do? (Count such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse.)- 0 days
- 1 day
- 2 or 3 days
- 4 or 5 days
- 6 or more days
History
In 2024, the baseline race/ethnicity data were revised at the request of the data provider.