Table 4. Violence Exposure by Marital Status and Household Income.
Overall Viole
nce
Exposure |
Witnessing
Community Violence |
Community
Victimization |
Witnessing
Domestic Violence |
Domestic
Victimization |
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3.5 years ( N = 530) | ||||||||||
Exposed
( n = 382) |
p-value | Exposed
( n = 328) |
p-value | Exposed
( n = 43) |
p-value | Exposed
( n = 146) |
p-value | Exposed
( n = 123) |
p-value | |
Mother's Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married/cohabiting
(n = 223) |
170 (76%) | 0.09 | 143 (64%) | 0.41 | 22 (10%) | 0.27 | 65 (29%) | 0.55 | 54 (24%) | 0.72 |
Single (n = 307) | 212 (69%) | 185 (60%) | 21 (7%) | 81 (26%) | 69 (22%) | |||||
Household Income | ||||||||||
< R1000/m (n = 179) | 133 (74%) | 0.59 | 121 (68%) | 0.15 | 10 (6%) | 0.15 | 46 (26%) | 0.62 | 40 (22%) | 0.54 |
R1000–5000/m (n = 282) | 198 (70%) | 167 (59%) | 24 (9%) | 78 (28%) | 70 (25%) | |||||
>R5000/m (n = 69) | 51 (74%) | 40 (58%) | 9 (13%) | 22 (32%) | 13 (19%) | |||||
4.5 years ( N = 749) | ||||||||||
Exposed
(n = 561) |
Exposed
(n = 498) |
Exposed
(n = 67) |
Exposed
(n = 178) |
Exposed
(n = 168) |
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Mother's Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married/ cohabiting
(n = 301) |
230 (76%) | 0.49 | 202 (67%) | 0.83 | 23 (8%) | 0.37 | 78 (26%) | 0.30 | 61 (20%) | 0.28 |
Single (n = 448) | 331 (74%) | 296 (66%) | 44 (10%) | 100 (22%) | 107 (24%) | |||||
Household Income | ||||||||||
< R1000/m (n = 272) | 207 (76%) | 0.82 | 185 (68%) | 0.65 | 26 (10%) | 0.50 | 58 (21%) | 0.49 | 64 (24%) | 0.09 |
R1000–5000/m (n = 388) | 287 (74%) | 252 (65%) | 36 (9%) | 97 (25%) | 77 (20%) | |||||
>R5000/m (n = 89) | 67 (75%) | 61 (69%) | 5 (6%) | 23 (26%) | 27 (30%) | |||||
6 years ( N = 417) | ||||||||||
Exposed
(n = 312) |
Exposed
(n = 283) |
Exposed
(n = 51) |
Exposed
(n = 80) |
Exposed
(n = 124) |
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Mother's Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married/ cohabiting
(n = 164) |
125 (76%) | 0.68 | 113 (69%) | 0.80 | 19 (12%) | 0.87 | 30 (18%) | 0.81 | 50 (30%) | 0.87 |
Single (n = 253) | 187 (74%) | 170 (67%) | 32 (13%) | 50 (20%) | 74 (29%) | |||||
Household Income | ||||||||||
< R1000/m (n = 162) | 118 (73%) | 0.21 | 103 (64%) | 0.17 | 22 (14%) | 0.77 | 29 (18%) | 0.61 | 41 (25%) | 0.16 |
R1000-5000/m (n = 199) | 156 (78%) | 144 (72%) | 22 (11%) | 42 (21%) | 68 (34%) | |||||
>R5000/m (n = 56) | 38 (68%) | 36 (64%) | 7 (12%) | 9 (16%) | 15 (27%) |