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Inclusion criteria were survivors of all ages with confirmed cases of sexual violence; records with no evidence of sexual violence were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Primary outcome measures were prevalence and distribution of sexual violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The secondary outcome measures were demographic characteristics of survivors (age, sex and ethnicity), perpetrator identity and location of incidents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The majority of survivors were female (93.6%), and 49% were under 18 years of age. Most were Black (96.3%) and resided in rural (45.6%) or semiurban (45.6%) areas. Perpetrator identity was unknown in 42.5% of cases. 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