Table 2 Description of child physical abuse among those abused by caregivers presented as numbers and percentages of characteristics within the exposed group in parentheses
n | Perpetrator(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother (but not father) | Father (but not mother) | Mother and father | Stepparent (but not biological parent) | Last year exposure | Type of abuse: severe | Frequency: more than twice | ||
Grade | ||||||||
Compulsory school, grade 7 | ||||||||
n = 2485* | 228 | 71 (31.1) | 85 (37.3) | 56 (24.6) | 16 (7.0) | 107 (46.9) | 49 (21.5) | 75 (32.9) |
Compulsory school, grade 9 | ||||||||
n = 2762* | 351 | 105 (29.9) | 125 (35.6) | 92 (26.2) | 29 (8.3) | 117 (33.3) | 63 (17.9) | 128 (36.5) |
Upper secondary school, grade 2 | ||||||||
n = 2777* | 383 | 114 (29.8) | 139 (36.3) | 104 (27.2) | 26 (6.8) | 89 (23.2) | 76 (19.8) | 137 (35.8) |
Gender | ||||||||
Boys | ||||||||
n = 4057* | 430 | 97 (22.6) | 181 (42.1) | 124 (28.8) | 28 (6.5) | 127 (29.5) | 83 (19.3) | 155 (36.0) |
Girls | ||||||||
n = 3935* | 524 | 191 (36.5) | 164 (31.3) | 126 (24.0) | 43 (8.2) | 183 (34.9) | 104 (19.8) | 184 (35.1) |
Parents foreign born | ||||||||
≥ 1 parent born in Sweden | ||||||||
n = 6555* | 688 | 220 (32.0) | 262 (38.1) | 148 (21.5) | 58 (8.4) | 227 (33.0) | 124 (18.0) | 224 (32.6) |
Both parents born abroad | ||||||||
n = 1217* | 228 | 56 (24.6) | 69 (30.3) | 95 (41.7) | 8 (3.5) | 68 (29.8) | 51 (22.4) | 97 (42.5) |
Socio-economic load | ||||||||
No | ||||||||
n = 7419* | 840 | 260 (31.0) | 304 (36.2) | 213 (25.4) | 63 (7.5) | 263 (31.3) | 151 (18.0) | 281 (33.5) |
Yes | ||||||||
n = 530* | 105 | 26 (24.8) | 40 (38.1) | 33 (31.4) | 6 (5.7) | 44 (41.9) | 34 (32.4) | 51 (48.6) |
Total | ||||||||
n = 8024* | 962 | 290 (30.1) | 349 (36.3) | 252 (26.2) | 71 (7.4) | 313 (32.5) | 188 (19.5) | 340 (35.3) |