Table 1.
Raw data for mothers reports of cruelty to animals at 5, 7, 10, and 12 years.
| Age | Total N with data | N (%) Not true | N (%) Somewhat/sometimes true | N (%) Very often true |
N (%) Cruel to animals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alla | Boys | Girls | |||||
| 5 | 2,229 | 2,098(94.1%) | 101(4.5%) | 30(1.3%) | 131(5.9%) | 98(9.0%) | 33(2.9%) |
| 7 | 2,178 | 2,100(96.4%) | 67(3.1%) | 11(0.5%) | 78(3.6%) | 56(5.2%) | 22(2.0%) |
| 10 | 2,138 | 2,106(98.5%) | 28(1.3%) | 4(0.2%) | 32(1.5%) | 24(2.3%) | 8(0.7%) |
| 12 | 2,141 | 2,107(98.4%) | 34(1.6%) | 0(0.0%) | 34(1.6%) | 25(2.4%) | 9(0.8%) |
Note: The categories Somewhat/sometimes true and Very often true were combined to create a dichotomous variable (shown in final 3 columns) at each age.
a
Cochran's Qtest showed a change in prevalence overage (Q(3) = 114.72, p<.001), with post hoc McNemar tests showing a significant decline from 5 to 7 years (χ2 = 16.34, p<.001) and 7 to 10 years (χ2 = 24.89, p<.001).