Prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment among high school students in Southern China: A large scale school based survey

Table 1 Demographics of responding students

		n	%
Gender	Male	3277	49.9
	Female	3285	50.1
Age	13 or below	804	12.4
	14	1941	30.0
	15	2082	32.2
	16 or above	1637	25.3
Father's education level	Primary or below	357	5.5
	Lower secondary	1953	30.2
	senior secondary	2807	43.5
	Tertiary or above	1340	20.7
Mother's education level	Primary or below	697	10.8
	Lower secondary	2189	33.8
	senior secondary	2461	38.0
	Tertiary or above	1132	17.4
Place of origin	Guangdong	5193	85.6
	Non-Guangdong	877	14.4
Housing type	Own house	5161	78.6
	Rented house	936	14.3
	Institution hostel	376	5.7
	Others	91	1.4
Prevalence of abuse	Psychological aggression	5192	78.3
	Corporal punishment	1538	23.2
	Severe physical maltreatment	1001	15.1
	Very severe physical maltreatment	186	2.8
	Sexual abuse	41	0.6