Table 4

Assault details (location/relationship of victim to assailant) of those who did and did not attend follow-up at the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) network between 2017 and 2022

Variable (n=total for that variable)% Attended follow-up (n=2221*)% Did not attend follow-up (n=877*)P value
Location of assault*
 Assailant’s home (n=752)71.5% (538)28.5% (214)0.244
 Field/park (n=211)77.7% (164)22.3% (47)
 Home (n=605)69.1% (418)30.9% (187)
 Other outdoors (n=475)71.6% (340)28.4% (135)
 Other indoors (n=776)73.1% (567)26.9% (209)
 Vehicle (n=146)66.4% (97)33.6% (49)
 Unsure (n=106)75.5% (80)24.5% (26)
 Other outdoors (n=27)64% (17)37.0% (10)
Assailant-victim relationship†Attended follow-up % (n=2203†)Did not attend follow-up % (n=859†)
 Acquaintance <24 hours (n=523)76.3% (399)23.7% (124)<0.001
 Acquaintance >24 hours (n=616)75.3% (464)24.7% (152)
 Intimate partner (n=140)57.9% (81)42.1% (59)
 Ex-intimate partner (n=166)59.6% (99)40.4% (67)
 Friend (n=437)74.4% (325)25.6% (112)
 Stranger (n=810)70.3% (570)29.7% (241)
 Person in authority (n=21)71.4% (15)28.6% (6)
 Unknown (n=227)71.8% (163)28.2% (64)
 Family member (n=82)67.1% (55)32.9% (27)
 Other (n=39)82.1% (32)17.9% (7)
  • The values of p indicate the overall association between the groups within the different variables, where a statistical significance was defined as value of p<0.05.

  • *Location of assault not recorded in 53 incidents.

  • †Description of assailant-victim relationship not recorded in 89 incidents.