Sexual violence against children and adolescents: an analysis of prevalence and associated factors.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual violence against children and adolescents in the city of Petrolina/Pernambuco.

Method: Ecological study carried out with data from children and adolescents who were victims of sexual violence, collected in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases and analyzed according to descriptive and inferential statistics, with multiple logistic regression.

Results: A total of 1,232 cases of sexual violence against children and adolescents were registered, with a prevalence of 30.