When looking at estimates of the number of people reporting incest in France between 2009 and 2020, it appears that the number of reported victims increased from 2 million to 6.7 million during the period studied.
In addition, in 2020, nearly a third of the French population had one or more people around them who had been assaulted, sexually harassed or raped by a family member.
Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020
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The question was phrased by the source as follows: « Personnellement, connaissez-vous dans votre entourage une ou plusieurs personnes qui étant enfant ou adolescent ont rencontré les situations suivantes avec un membre
de leur propre famille (par exemple un père, une mère, un grand-père ou encore un oncle ou un frère) ? »
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Face à l'inceste. (December 31, 2020). Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/
Face à l'inceste. "Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020." Chart. December 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/
Face à l'inceste. (2020). Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/
Face à l'inceste. "Proportion of People with An Incest Victim in Their Family in France from 2009 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/
Face à l'inceste, Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Proportion of people with an incest victim in their family in France from 2009 to 2020 [Graph], Face à l'inceste, December 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245833/french-people-knowing-victim-incest/