Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18

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Indicator

Indicator 16.2.3: Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
Definition and concepts

Sexual violence – any violence of a sexual character or any illegal sexual conduct within the family or within other interpersonal relationships, such as marital rape; prohibiting the use of contraception; sexual harassment; any unwanted, imposed sexual conduct; forced prostitution; any illegal sexual conduct with a minor family member, including fondling, kissing, setting the child into poses or other unwanted touching with sexual connotations; or other similar actions. (art. 2 of the Law No. 45 dated 01.03.2007 on Preventing and Combating Family Violence)
Unit of measure

Percent, %
Method of computation

Number of young women and men aged 18-29 years old who reported that they had experienced sexual violence by age 18, divided to the total number of women and men aged 18-29 years old *100, disaggregate by sex.
Periodicity

Annual
Data last updated May 24, 2023
Metadata last updated May 24, 2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 16.2.3: Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
Target

Target 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
UN designated tier

2
Link to global metadata

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-02-03.pdf
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 208 KB)
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Related indicators

Not applicable
Metadata update

2024-09-27

Source 1

Data sources

1) Household survey by NBS (e.g. on violence),

2) UNICEF Country Data Reporting on the Indicators for the Goals (CRING)

3) USAID/MLSP study on Youth Health and Wellbeing in Moldova „My Health”

Data producers

National Bureau of Statistics
Data providers

National Bureau of Statistics
Institutional mandate

Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
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