Table 5.
Multivariate logistic binary regression analysis of children’s odds of sexual abuse (n = 1304).
| Multivariate Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) | 95% CI for OR | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| Period of the incident = 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic) | 1.687 | 1.057 | 2.692 | 0.028 |
| Victim’s sex = female | 1.177 | 0.770 | 1.799 | 0.450 |
| Victim’s age (years) | 1.069 | 1.019 | 1.120 | 0.006 |
| Living father = yes | 0.379 | 0.093 | 1.553 | 0.178 |
| Victim’s medical condition before the incident = with a disability/chronic disease | 0.063 | 0.008 | 0.479 | 0.008 |
| Victim’s household socioeconomic status and educational index (factor score) | 1.383 | 1.075 | 1.779 | 0.012 |
| Previously neglected child = yes | 0.390 | 0.241 | 0.632 | <0.001 |
| Large household size (large family size) = yes | 1.431 | 0.721 | 2.839 | 0.306 |
| Family social isolation | 1.204 | 0.487 | 2.976 | 0.688 |
| Victim lives with a single parent (male/female) | 1.840 | 1.151 | 2.941 | 0.011 |
| Victim lives in eastern provinces = yes | 0.160 | 0.079 | 0.326 | <0.001 |
| Known offender = yes | 0.038 | 0.016 | 0.086 | <0.001 |
| Male offender | 5.770 | 2.878 | 11.565 | <0.001 |
| Single (unmarried offender) | 6.302 | 3.661 | 10.849 | <0.001 |
| Stranger offender | 11.812 | 5.762 | 24.214 | <0.001 |
| A psychologically disordered offender | 3.159 | 1.667 | 5.986 | <0.001 |
| Constant | 0.562 | 0.459 | ||
Dependent variable = sexual abuse of the child (no/yes). The model’s overall statistical significance χ2(16) = 386.2, p < 0.001, AUC/ROC = 90%, and H–L goodness-of-fit χ2(8) = 2.30, p = 0.971.