"Figure 8: Age at which sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) first occurred and age of survivor when sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) stopped, year ending March 2016 CSEW^1,2,3^","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. These data are derived using the age at which the survivor said the sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) started, the age at which the abuse stopped, and whether the abuse continued past the age of 16. If a respondent said the abuse stopped at age 16, or said that the abuse continued past the age of 16, they have been categorised as experiencing the abuse beyond the age of 15. 2. No respondents reported that sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) started under the age of 1. 3. It is not possible to link across the data on the age that the abuse started to the age that the abuse stopped. Data on the number of years that sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) took place is presented in Tables 5a and 5b. " "Unit","Cumulative percentage" "","" "Age","Age of survivor when sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) started","Age of survivor when sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) stopped" "1 to 3","4.7","0.4" "4","12.6","2.6" "5","21.5","5.4" "6","27.2","9.0" "7","38.9","14.3" "8","47.4","20.4" "9","52.7","24.9" "10","59.8","33.6" "11","68.1","40.0" "12","73.4","49.8" "13","82.4","58.7" "14","91.3","69.1" "15","100.0","79.2" "Continued past the age of 15",":","100.0"