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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Dec 20;51:31–40. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.11.016

Table 2.

Timing and Chronicity of Maltreatment Group by Gender

Sexual Abuse CPS No Sex Abuse

Females % (n) Males % (n) Females % (n) Males % (n)

Timing of first report for any abuse to CPS
 Birth to age 6 96 (128) 95 (58) 92 (238) 89 (277)
 Age 6 to age 12 4 (5) 5 (3) 6 (15) 10 (30)
 Age 12 to age 16 1 (1) 0 3 (7) 2 (6)
Timing of first sexual abuse report
 Birth to age 6 59 (79) 51 (31) - -
 Age 6 to age 12 26 (35) 36 (22) - -
 Age 12 to age 16 15 (20) 13 (8) - -


χ2 p χ2 p


Abuse in more than one time period 76 (101) 89 (54) 4.45 .035 43 (112) 50 (155) 2.37 .124
Sexual abuse in more than one time period 20 (27) 26 (16) .90 .342 - - - -