Table 4.
Associations between childhood abuse (< 16 years) and past year physical assault victimisation (≥ 16 years) (N = 21,810)
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | |||||
| LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | ||||||||
| Childhood psychological abuse | – | < 0.001 | 2.37 | 1.84 | 3.06 | < 0.01 | 1.61 | 1.13 | 2.31 | ||||
| Childhood physical abuse | – | NS | NS | ||||||||||
| Childhood sexual abuse | – | < 0.01 | 1.61 | 1.21 | 2.14 | NS | |||||||
| Childhood witnessing domestic violence | – | < 0.01 | 1.50 | 1.14 | 1.98 | NS | |||||||
| Childhood abuse count | None (ref.) | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | |||||||||
| Single type | < 0.001 | 2.16 | 1.70 | 2.75 | – | < 0.001 | 1.86 | 1.42 | 2.45 | ||||
| Multiple types | < 0.001 | 3.37 | 2.68 | 4.24 | – | < 0.001 | 2.25 | 1.53 | 3.32 | ||||
| Sex | Female | < 0.001 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.81 | < 0.001 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.80 | < 0.001 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 0.82 |
| Age | 50–59 (ref.) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||||
| 16–19 | < 0.001 | 2.13 | 1.40 | 3.27 | < 0.01 | 2.08 | 1.36 | 3.19 | < 0.01 | 2.07 | 1.35 | 3.17 | |
| 20–29 | < 0.001 | 2.20 | 1.68 | 2.88 | < 0.001 | 2.16 | 1.65 | 2.83 | < 0.001 | 2.17 | 1.66 | 2.83 | |
| 30–39 | < 0.01 | 1.55 | 1.19 | 2.03 | < 0.01 | 1.55 | 1.18 | 2.03 | < 0.01 | 1.54 | 1.18 | 2.02 | |
| 40–49 | < 0.05 | 1.37 | 1.05 | 1.80 | < 0.05 | 1.35 | 1.03 | 1.76 | < 0.05 | 1.36 | 1.04 | 1.78 | |
| Ethnicity | White | < 0.01 | 1.72 | 1.26 | 2.36 | < 0.001 | 1.75 | 1.28 | 2.39 | < 0.01 | 1.72 | 1.26 | 2.35 |
| Deprivation | Least deprived (ref.) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||||
| Most deprived—1 | < 0.001 | 1.92 | 1.44 | 2.55 | < 0.001 | 1.88 | 1.41 | 2.50 | < 0.001 | 1.91 | 1.43 | 2.54 | |
| 2 | < 0.01 | 1.52 | 1.13 | 2.04 | < 0.01 | 1.52 | 1.13 | 2.05 | < 0.01 | 1.52 | 1.13 | 2.04 | |
| 3 | NS | 1.13 | 0.82 | 1.54 | NS | 1.117 | 0.82 | 1.53 | NS | 1.12 | 0.82 | 1.54 | |
| 4 | NS | 1.26 | 0.93 | 1.71 | NS | 1.251 | 0.92 | 1.70 | NS | 1.26 | 0.93 | 1.71 | |
Notes. Limited to adults aged 16–59 years who completed the CSEW 2015/2016 self-completion modules. AOR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CIs 95% confidence intervals, LL lower limit, UL upper limit
Model 1: Childhood abuse count was entered in a regression, controlling for sociodemographics (sex, age, ethnicity, and deprivation quintiles)
Model 2: All childhood abuse types were entered in a regression, controlling for sociodemographics
Model 3: All childhood abuse types and childhood abuse count were entered in a regression, controlling for sociodemographics