The following table shows the percentages of females and males who experience physical and/or sexual abuse.
| Males | Females | |
| 6th | 14 | 18 |
| 7th | 14 | 22 |
| 8th | 16 | 28 |
| 9th | 15 | 30 |
| 10th | 17 | 34 |
| 11th | 17 | 35 |
| 12th | 15 | 34 |
About the authors:
Peter L. Benson, Ph.D. has been director of Search Institute
since 1985. Eugene Roehlkepartain is director of
publication services for the Search Institute.
Excerpted from Source Newsletter, September 1992. Used by permission of Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 800-888-7828. All rights reserved.
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Posted on March 27, 1995
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