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Table 1 Bivariate relationships between sociodemographics and childhood abuse (< 16 years)

From: Cycles of violence in England and Wales: the contribution of childhood abuse to risk of violence revictimisation in adulthood

 

Childhood psychological abuse

Childhood physical abuse

Childhood sexual abuse

Childhood witnessing domestic violence

Childhood abuse count

None

Single type

Multiple types

All

% (N)

9.0 (1971)

6.9 (1512)

6.9 (1513)

8.1 (1777)

81.4 (17,787)

10.6 (2316)

8.0 (1742)

Sex

 Male

% (n)

6.8 (678)

6.9 (680)

2.8 (275)

6.0 (597)

86.0 (8517)

8.4 (829)

5.7 (563)

 Female

% (n)

10.8 (1293)

7.0 (832)

10.4 (1238)

9.9 (1180)

77.7 (9270)

12.5 (1487)

9.9 (1179)

 χ2

 

104.547

0.082

483.524

107.503

250.723

 p

 

< 0.001

0.774

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Age (years)

 16–19

% (n)

7.8 (72)

3.6 (33)

2.1 (19)

4.1 (38)

88.0 (809)

7.9 (73)

4.0 (37)

 20–29

% (n)

9.8 (381)

6.5 (254)

4.8 (187)

8.9 (345)

82.5 (3210)

9.5 (370)

8.0 (310)

 30–39

% (n)

8.4 (450)

7.0 (374)

5.7 (304)

8.1 (437)

82.4 (4427)

10.2 (548)

7.4 (399)

 40–49

% (n)

9.8 (587)

7.4 (439)

8.2 (492)

8.9 (532)

79.9 (4764)

11.2 (667)

9.0 (534)

 50–59

% (n)

8.4 (481)

7.2 (412)

9.0 (511)

7.5 (425)

80.3 (4577)

11.5 (658)

8.1 (462)

 χ2

 

14.355

19.393

127.254

30.856

54.025

 p

 

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Deprivation quintile

 1 (most deprived)

% (n)

9.6 (433)

7.2 (322)

6.4 (287)

8.4 (379)

82.2 (3700)

9.3 (420)

8.4 (379)

 2

% (n)

9.4 (414)

7.8 (342)

6.0 (264)

9.2 (407)

80.9 (3562)

10.3 (454)

8.8 (386)

 3

% (n)

9.7 (419)

6.9 (297)

7.5 (321)

8.3 (355)

80.6 (3466)

11.0 (473)

8.4 (361)

 4

% (n)

8.7 (377)

6.4 (277)

7.6 (331)

7.7 (336)

81.3 (3543)

11.1 (485)

7.6 (330)

 5 (least deprived)

% (n)

7.7 (328)

6.4 (274)

7.2 (310)

7.0 (300)

82.0 (3516)

11.3 (484)

6.7 (286)

 χ2

 

16.027

9.320

13.569

16.304

27.499

 p

 

< 0.01

0.054

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

Ethnicity

 White

% (n)

9.5 (1813)

7.2 (1380)

7.3 (1395)

8.5 (1613)

80.4 (15,317)

11.2 (2129)

8.4 (1598)

 Others

% (n)

5.7 (157)

4.7 (131)

4.3 (118)

5.9 (164)

88.1 (2436)

6.8 (187)

5.2 (143)

 χ2

 

42.967

23.216

34.536

20.495

93.120

 p

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. Note. Limited to adults aged 16–59 years who completed the CSEW 2015/2016 self-completion modules