Table 1.

Sociodemographic data and trauma-related information of the Swiss accidental and German interpersonal trauma samples.

	Accidental N = 114		Interpersonal N = 113
Characteristics	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	Statistics
Age, years at assessment	10.75	2.55	12.98	2.77	t(225) = −6.31,
					p < .001
Sex
Male	64	56.1	33	29.2	χ2(1) = 16.83,
Female	50	43.9	80	70.8	p < .001
Living situation
With both	84	73.7	25	22.1	χ2(2) = 79.75,
biological parents					p < .0 01
With one biological parent	19	16.7	57	50.4
Other relatives, foster care etc.	–	–	29	25.7
Not determineda	11	9.6	2	1.8
Educational level mother
No obligatory	3	2.6	8	7.1	χ2(3) = 62.20,
Obligatory	4	3.5	32	28.3	p < .001
Medium	25	21.9	30	26.5
Higher	72	63.2	14	12.4
Not determineda	10	8.8	29	25.7
Educational level father
No obligatory	–	–	3	2.7	χ2(3) = 52.75,
Obligatory	5	4.4	25	22.1	p < .001
Medium	16	14.0	25	22.1
Higher	76	66.7	17	15.0
Not determineda	17	14.9	43	38.1
Trauma history
Single trauma type	81	71.1	13	11.5	χ2(1) = 85.53,
Multiple trauma types	31	27.2	100	88.5	p < .001
Not determineda	2	1.8	–	–
Number of trauma types	1.53	1.11	3.65	1.85	t(184.1) = −10.41,
					p < .001

Note. ^aNot determined: these participants could not be reliably classified in any category due to insufficient information.