Table.3 Prevalence of prospectively recorded harmful environments in childhood and adolescence by retrospective reports of child abuse (observed data)
| Â | Retrospective reports of child abuse | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prospective measures | Any abuse1 | Physical abuse | Psychological abuse | Witnessing abuse | Sexual abuse | |||||
Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
Impoverished upbringing (7–16 years) | 21.5 | 11.1 | 23.8 | 11.9 | 21.1 | 11.6 | 27.5 | 11.7 | 37.8 | 12.2 |
Hazardous conditions (7–16 years) | 10.5 | 9.91 | 11.6 | 9.90 | 10.1 | 9.99 | 9.74 | 10.0 | 8.97 | 10.0 |
Anti-social behaviours (7–16 years) | 27.0 | 18.6 | 30.0 | 19.2 | 25.9 | 19.1 | 29.7 | 19.2 | 32.7 | 19.6 |
Poor parent-child relationships (16 years) | 22.5 | 8.52 | 26.6 | 9.52 | 23.8 | 8.99 | 25.7 | 9.63 | 31.8 | 10.2 |
Any harmful environment (7–16 years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 0 | 47.6 | 64.4 | 41.6 | 63.2 | 48.0 | 63.6 | 42.3 | 63.2 | 39.2 | 62.3 |
 1 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 35.9 | 26.9 | 32.6 | 26.8 | 34.4 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 27.4 |
 2 | 16.4 | 7.78 | 18.2 | 8.47 | 16.1 | 8.21 | 19.2 | 8.41 | 23.7 | 8.82 |
 3/4 | 3.35 | 1.24 | 4.29 | 1.38 | 3.32 | 1.34 | 4.14 | 1.39 | 8.78 | 1.44 |