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Table 2.

Distribution of child maltreatment forms by gender.

Presence of maltreatment	Boys % (n)	Girls % (n)	Gender-diverse individuals % (n)	χ²	p
Sexual abuse	3.1 (31)^a	12.1 (92)^b	34.6 (9)^c	79.88	< 0.001
Physical abuse	21.1 (211)^a	25.7 (195)^a,b	45.8 (11)^b	11.74	0.003
Emotional abuse	20.6 (206)^a	34.0 (259)^b	70.8 (17)^b	62.91	< 0.001
Parental neglect	16.3 (163)^a	18.0 (137)^a	45.8 (11)^b	14.54	< 0.001
Exposure to IPV	35.2 (352)^a	42.6 (325)^b	62.5 (15)^b	15.88	< 0.001

Results of chi-square independence tests for maltreatment variables.

^a–cGroups sharing a common subscript are not statistically significantly different at an alpha level of 0.05 according to the Bonferroni correction procedure.