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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants with and without childhood maltreatment

From: Type of childhood maltreatment and the risk of criminal recidivism in adult probationers: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Childhood maltreatment group (n = 107)

No childhood maltreatment group (n = 76)

P-value

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, mean ± SD

47.4 ± 8.4

31.0 ± 4.6

<0.001

Number of types of maltreatment, N (%)a

 1

53 (29.0)

  

 2

32 (17.5)

  

 3

12 (6.6)

  

 4

7 (3.8)

  

 5

3 (1.6)

  

 Age (years), mean ± SD

40.1 ± 12.7

40.1 ± 10.5

0.978

 Male, N (%)

92 (86.0)

61 (80.3)

0.303

Living situation, N (%)

 Living alone

27 (26.7)

14 (19.2)

0.247

 Living together

74 (73.3)

59 (80.8)

 

Education, N (%)

  < high school graduation, N (%)

23 (22.1)

11 (14.7)

0.010

 college graduation

54 (51.9)

28 (37.3)

 

  > college graduation

27 (26.0)

36 (48.0)

 

Crime type, N (%)

 Violent crime

17 (16.3)

10 (13.3)

0.578

 Property crime

23 (22.1)

17 (22.7)

0.930

 Sexual crime

15 (14.4)

11 (14.7)

0.964

 Drug crime

13 (12.5)

11 (14.7)

0.675

 Domestic violence

22 (21.2)

9 (12.0)

0.110

 Traffic offences

1 (1.0)

3 (4.0)

0.175

 Obstruction of justice

2 (1.9)

3 (4.0)

0.405

 Drunk driving

8 (7.7)

5 (6.7)

0.794

 Others

5 (4.8)

6 (8.0)

0.380

  1. abased on cutoff score for moderate to severe trauma in each type in Korean Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
  2. Note: SD Standard deviation