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Table 5 Prevalence of child maltreatment by socio-demographic variables

From: Child maltreatment in Germany: prevalence rates in the general population

 

N total

Emotional abuse

N (%)

Physical abuse

N (%)

Sexual abuse

N (%)

Emotional neglect

N (%)

Physical neglect

N (%)

Employed/unemployed

 Employed

2332

144 (6.1)

150 (6.4)

172 (7.3)

304 (13.0)

520 (22.1)

 Unemployed

127

19 (14.6)

17 (13.2)

17 (13.1)

26 (20.0)

38 (29.7)

 Chi2

 

14.35**

8.98*

5.78*

5.30*

3.97*

Education

 Did not graduate school

55

10 (18.2)

11 (20.0)

8 (14.5)

14 (25.5)

17 (30.9)

 Graduated school

2103

136 (6.5)

148 (7.0)

164 (7.8)

299 (14.2)

507 (24.1)

 University degree

247

15 (6.1)

4 (1.6)

15 (6.0)

16 (6.5)

34 (13.8)

 Chi2

 

11.95*

25.87**

4.55

17.80**

14.85*

Equivalence income

 <1250€/month

544

47 (8.6)

43 (7.9)

46 (8.5)

91 (16.7)

152 (27.9)

 1250–2500€/month

1469

75 (5.1)

80 (5.4)

94 (6.4)

168 (11.4)

311 (21.2)

 >2500€/month

392

17 (4.3)

16 (4.1)

26 (6.6)

47 (12)

62 (15.8)

 Chi2

 

10.94**

6.94*

2.7

10.2**

20.7***

  1. * p<.05, ** p<.001