Table 3.

Comparing the prevalence of children’s problem behaviour with parental childhood abuse^a

	Externalizing			Internalizing
	Prevalence (%)	95 % CI	p value	Prevalence (%)	95 % CI	p value
Daughters (n = 865)
Mother
Abused (n = 64)	10.9			10.9
Not abused (n = 801)	5.2			3.9
Difference	5.7	(−0.2–11.6)	0.058	7.1	(1.9–12.3)	0.008
Father
Abused (n = 70)	7.1			7.1
Not abused (n = 795)	5.5			4.2
Difference	1.6	(−4.1–7.3)	0.577	3.0	(−2.0–8.0)	0.242
Sons (n = 885)
Mother
Abused (n = 68)	10.3			11.8
Not abused (n = 817)	4.8			5.8
Difference	5.5	(0.0–11.0)	0.049	6.0	(0.0–12.0)	0.049
Father
Abused (n = 68)	13.2			14.7
Not abused (n = 817)	4.5			5.5
Difference	8.7	(3.2–14.2)	0.002	9.2	(3.2–15.2)	0.003

Note: ^aNot adjusted for other variables