Table 1.
Sample characteristics and their association with prevalence of child abuse (n = 265)
| Total sample | Maternal minor physical abuse | Paternal minor physical abuse | Maternal severe physical abuse | Paternal severe physical abuse | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD/n (%) | Yes | No | t/χ 2 | Yes | No | t/χ 2 | Yes | No | t/χ 2 | Yes | No | t/χ 2 | |
| 131 (49.4) | 134 (51.6) | 113 (43.1) | 149 (56.9) | 66 (24.9) | 199 (75.1) | 63 (23.8) | 202 (76.2) | ||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||
| Girls | 140 (52.8) | 67 (47.8) | 73 (52.1) | 0.295 | 55 (40.0) | 83 (60.0) | 1.275 | 35 (25.0) | 105 (75.0) | 0.001 | 25 (17.8) | 115 (82.1) | 5.733† |
| Boys | 125 (47.2) | 64 (51.2) | 61 (48.8) | 58 (46.8) | 66 (53.2) | 31 (24.8) | 94 (75.2) | 38 (30.4) | 87 (69.6) | ||||
| Grade | |||||||||||||
| 7th | 130 (49.1) | 68 (50.7) | 62 (47.3) | 0.310 | 81 (54.4) | 46 (40.7) | 4.797† | 94 (47.2) | 36 (54.5) | 1.059 | 96 (47.5) | 34 (54.0) | 0.798 |
| 8th | 66 (49.3) | 69 (52.7) | 68 (45.6) | 67 (59.3) | 105 (52.8) | 30 (45.5) | 106 (52.5) | 29 (46.0) | |||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 121 (45.7) | 60 (49.6) | 61 (50.4) | 0.009 | 50 (42.0) | 69 (58.0) | 0.131 | 29 (24.0) | 92 (76.0) | 0.114 | 29 (24.0) | 92 (76.0) | 0.096 |
| Suburban | 116 (43.7) | 57 (49.1) | 59 (50.9) | 51 (44.3) | 64 (55.7) | 30 (25.9) | 86 (74.1) | 28 (24.1) | 88 (75.9) | ||||
| Rural | 28 (10.6) | 14 (50.0) | 14 (50.0) | 11 (42.9) | 16 (57.1) | 7 (25.0) | 21 (75.0) | 6 (21.4) | 22 (78.6) | ||||
| Age | 13.71 ± 0.60 | 13.73 ± 0.61 | 13.70 ± 0.59 | 0.285 | 13.77 ± 0.61 | 13.68 ± 0.59 | 1.111 | 13.66 ± 0.64 | 13.73 ± 0.59 | 0.866 | 13.63 ± 0.61 | 13.74 ± 0.60 | 1.241 |
| SES | 0.06 ± 1.18 | 0.03 ± 1.19 | 0.10 ± 1.18 | 0.457 | 0.10 ± 1.20 | 0.04 ± 1.18 | 0.388 | −0.07 ± 1.15 | 0.11 ± 1.19 | 1.097 | −0.07 ± 1.08 | 0.11 ± 1.21 | 1.022 |
The values displayed in the cells indicate mean ± standard deviations for continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables
SES socioeconomic status
†p < 0.05