Table 1.
Sample characteristics and use of online abuse material including children or adolescents among female participants who provided information on the use of online abuse material (n = 874) including results of comparisons between participants recruited among general websites (general website) and those who were recruited on websites directed to individuals with sexual interest in children (SIC website) using t-test for interval scaled variables and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test for nominal and binary variables
| Variables | Total (n = 874, 100%) |
General website (n = 832, 95.2%) |
SIC website (n = 42, 4.8%) |
Sig. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | ||
| Age (in years)∗ | 26.6 (7.6) | 18–67 | 26.6 (7.6) | 18–67 | 26.1 (7.0) | 18–45 | n.s.† |
| Relationship status | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Sig. | |||
| In a relationship | 541 (61.9) | 515 (61.9) | 26 (61.9) | n.s.‡ | |||
| Currently single | 333 (38.1) | 317 (38.1) | 16 (38.1) | ||||
| Sexual orientation | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Sig. | |||
| Heterosexual | 631 (72.2) | 606 (72.8) | 25 (59.5) | n.s.‡ | |||
| Homosexual | 48 (5.5) | 43 (5.2) | 5 (11.9) | ||||
| Bisexual | 193 (22.1) | 181 (21.8) | 12 (28.6) | ||||
| Not specified§ | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | – | ||||
| Use of online abuse material including children | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Sig. | |||
| No | 867 (99.2) | 829 (99.6) | 38 (90.5) | ∗∗∗‡ | |||
| Yes | 7 (0.8) | 3 (0.4) | 4 (9.5) | ||||
| Use of online abuse material including adolescents | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Sig. | |||
| No | 830 (95.0) | 795 (95.6) | 35 (83.3) | ∗∗‡ | |||
| Yes | 44¶ (5.0) | 37‖ (4.4) | 7∗∗ (16.7) | ||||
| Use of online abuse material including any minor | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Sig. | |||
| No | 829 (94.9) | 795 (95.6) | 34 (81.0) | ∗∗‡ | |||
| Yes | 45†† (5.1) | 37†† (4.4) | 8†† (19.0) | ||||
M = mean value; N (%) = absolute share (percentage share) in the sample; SD = standard deviation; SIC = sexual interest in children; Sig. = Significance level of the group comparison analysis.
∗∗P < .01 ∗∗∗P < .001.
Age at data collection.
Result from t-Test.
Results from chi-square test.
Participants did not provide information on these questions.
Including 6 females who reported on using material involving both children and adolescents.
Including 3 females who reported on using material involving both children and adolescents.
Including 3 females who reported on using material involving both children and adolescents.
Participants who reported both the use of online material including children and adolescents were taken into account only once.