Table 2.
Sociodemographic variables and the association with any child maltreatment during life, to unintentional injuries requiring health- or dental care during the last year and to unintentional injuries requiring hospitalization at some point during life.
| Sample Characteristics | Exposure to Any Child Abuse during Life % (n) |
Injury Requiring Health- or Dental Care during the Last Year % (n) |
Injury Requiring Hospitalization during Life % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Boy | 41.2 (798) | 22.7 (522) | 31.6 (680) |
| Girl | 44.2 (903) * | 20.1 (450) | 19.6 (412) *** |
| Grade | |||
| Grade 9 in primary school (15 y) | 39.0 (750) | 23.3 (518) | 24.8 (513) |
| Year 2 in high school (17 y) | 47.6 (1009) *** | 19.8 (475) ** | 26.7 (602) |
| Family structure | |||
| Living with both parents | 37.2 (1110) | 20.1 (691) | 25.0 (809) |
| Single/other (i.e., foster care) | 61.4 (579) *** | 24.0 (250) ** | 27.2 (262) |
| Birth region | |||
| Nordic countries | 41.3 (1502) | 20.7 (859) | 25.8 (999) |
| Outside the Nordic region | 62.6 (273) *** | 27.9 (142) *** | 25.4 (122) |
| Family economy | |||
| Good economy | 42.1 (1650) | 20.8 (932) | 25.7 (1077) |
| Poor economy | 83.3 (110) *** | 39.6 (59) *** | 31.4 (43) |
| Disability | |||
| No | 38.9 (1249) | 19.9 (735) | 23.2 (810) |
| Yes | 58.7 (335) *** | 27.2 (173) *** | 35.6 (206) *** |
Note: Statistically significant values as follows: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.