"Figure 2: Experience of sexual abuse before the age 16 years showed the greatest difference between men and women","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. See Section 7.3 of [User Guide](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/methodologies/userguidetocrimestatisticsforenglandandwales) for definitions of personal characteristics. 2. “Any abuse” includes respondents who said they experienced emotional abuse, physical abuse or sexual abuse or said they witnessed domestic violence or abuse in the home. See Section 5.1 of the [User Guide](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/methodologies/userguidetocrimestatisticsforenglandandwales) for definitions of abuse during childhood. 3. “Emotional abuse” was referred to as “psychological abuse” in previous publications. 4. “Sexual abuse” includes rape or assault by penetration (including attempts), other contact sexual abuse, and non-contact sexual abuse." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","Men","Women" "Any abuse","16.4774","24.8001" "Emotional abuse","6.8122","11.7849" "Physical abuse","7.7189","7.5407" "Sexual abuse","3.4922","11.5129" "Witnessed domestic violence or abuse","7.5966","11.9217"