Table 2.
Analyses gender differences
| Parameter | Boy (n = 87) |
Girl (n = 122) |
Test statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| [Newborn – 36 months] | 20 (23) | 21 (17.4) | F(2.98, 510.24) = 1.417 | 0.237 |
| Between 3 and 6 years | 21 (24.1) | 29 (24) | ||
| Between 6 and 12 years | 30 (34.5) | 34 (28.1) | ||
| Between 12 and 18 years | 16 (18.4) | 37 (30.6) | ||
| Missing | 1 | |||
| Type of abuse | ||||
| Physical abuse | 57 (65.5) | 41 (33.6) | F(1, 172) = 17.301 | < 0.001 |
| Sexual abuse | 30 (34.5) | 81 (66.4) | ||
Annotation. Numbers are absolute values (percentages); F-values, Pearson’s chi-square test with second-order correction of Rao and Scott (1992)