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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 12.6 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 who dated or went out with someone in the past 12 months reported that they had been forced to do "sexual things" (e.g., kissing, touching, or having sexual intercourse) they did not want to do, or were physically hurt on purpose (e.g., being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or weapon) 1 or more times in the past 12 months in 2017
Target: 11.4 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 someone you were dating or going out with 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.)- I did not date or go out with anyone during the last 12 months
- 0 times
- 1 time
- 2 or 3 times
- 4 or 5 times
- 6 or more times
- I did not date or go out with anyone during the last 12 months
- 0 times
- 1 time
- 2 or 3 times
- 4 or 5 times
- 6 or more times
History
In 2024, the baseline race/ethnicity data were revised at the request of the data provider.