Table 1 Demographic and other variables by gender

Number

96

677

Age range

6–15

6–18

Mean age (SD)

8.80 (1.88)

8.76 (2.18)

Ethnicity (%within gender)

 Chinese

81.8

80.0

 Indian

9.1

7.0

 Malay

4.5

4.2

 Others

4.5

8.7

Mother’s education level (%within gender)

 Secondary education or below

52.7

61.4

 Post-secondary or above

47.3

37.4

 Others

0.0

1.2

Father’s education level (%within gender)

 Secondary education or below

48.3

54.6

 Post-secondary or above

49.4

43.4

 Others

2.3

2.1

Experienced financial problems

12.0

9.7

Psychological aggression between spouses (%within gender)

 Yell at spouse

36.9

41.3

 Refuse to talk

40.5

35.4

 Cry

15.5

9.5

 Insult or swear

3.6

3.6

 Threaten to hit or injure spouse

1.2

1.3

Physical punishment (%within gender)

 Spank with your hand

32.2

35.5

 Cane or hit with an object

41.1

43.9

 Shake or shove

2.2

1.9

History of family member(s) seeing a psychiatrist (%within gender)

8.0

12.9