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. 2023 Sep 19;8:36. Originally published 2023 Jan 24. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18598.2

Table 4. Violence Exposure by Marital Status and Household Income.

p-value: Chi-square test.

Overall Viole nce
Exposure
Witnessing
Community
Violence
Community
Victimization
Witnessing
Domestic Violence
Domestic
Victimization
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)
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)
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%)