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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

From: Child physical abuse: factors influencing the associations between self-reported exposure and self-reported health problems: a cross-sectional study

 

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)

  1. * Based on the total study sample