Detailed Sexual Violence Results

Estimates of Alaskan women's experiences with sexual violence in 2020 are presented below. Sexual violence in this table is broken into two main types: contact sexual violence and non-contact sexual violence.

 

Contact sexual violence (composite)

Contact sexual violence is separated into three sub-composites:

  • Rape
    • Forced penetration (attempted or completed)
    • Alcohol- or drug-facilitated penetration.
  • Coerced sex (using lies, threats, persistent demands, and/or influence or authority)
  • Other unwanted sexual contact (being kissed in a sexual way or having one's sexual body parts fondled or groped)

Non-contact sexual violence (composite)

Non-contact sexual violence (composite) includes three specific non-consensual sexual behaviors that don't involve contact (exposure to sexual body parts, exposure of own sexual body parts, and exposure to or participation in sexual photos or movies).

 

Finally, if any of these types of situations were disclosed, they were classified as experiencing any sexual violence.

Lifetime estimates of women's experiences with sexual violence.

Measures
2020
(%)
  Contact sexual violence 66.7
    Rape 40.5
      Forced penetration - attempted or completed 27.7
      Alcohol- or drug-facilitated penetration 27.5
    Coerced sex 34.7
    Other unwanted sexual contact 56.3
  Non-contact sexual violence 48.7
Any sexual violence 73.0

Notes. In prior AVS tables and reports, the term "sexual violence" has been used to refer to sexual assault (both alcohol- and drug-involved and forcible). In this table, those behaviors are labeled as "rape" and the term "sexual violence" is used as a broader term which includes any non-consensual contact or non-contact sexual behavior.

Past year estimates of women's experiences with sexual violence.

Measures
2020
(%)
  Contact sexual violence 8.7
    Rape 3.4
      Forced penetration - attempted or completed 2.2
      Alcohol- or drug-facilitated penetration -a
    Coerced sex 4.8
    Other unwanted sexual contact 4.6
  Non-contact sexual violence 5.4
Any sexual violence 10.8

Notes. In prior AVS tables and reports, the term "sexual violence" has been used to refer to sexual assault (both alcohol- and drug-involved and forcible). In this table, those behaviors are labeled as "rape" and the term "sexual violence" is used as a broader term which includes any non-consensual contact or non-contact sexual behavior. 

aThere were too few cases to have experienced alcohol- or drug-facilitated penetration in the past year to generate a reliable estimate of the populations' experience.

  View the Sexual Violence Fast Facts Sheet