IRELAND
The Journal
A MAJOR STUDY has found that childhood sexual abuse in Ireland does enormous economic and social damage to survivors, even well into later life.
The survey, conducted by the ESRI and Trinity College Dublin, found that Irish men and women who were sexually abused as children were more than twice as likely as others to be forced out of work by sickness in later life.
Among the other major findings:
* Male CSA survivors are three times more likely than other men to be sick or disabled after the age of 50
* Both men and women abused in childhood are more than twice as likely as others to be out of the workforce due to sickness or permanent disability
* The household income of male CSA survivors is 34% lower than the average
Men abused as children are twice as likely to live alone after the age of 50, compared to other men.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, one of the researchers, Alan Barrett, said that the study measures, for the first time, the sheer scale and durability of the economic devastation that CSA causes among survivors.
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