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Table 2 Socio-demographic profile by types of childhood abuse

From: Gender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: a cross-sectional analysis

Selected characteristics

Physical abuse (%)

Sexual abuse (%)

Exposure to interpersonal violence (%)

Any abuse (%)

 

No

Yes

P

No

Yes

P

No

Yes

P

No

Yes

P

Age

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

 18–24

13.57

8.56

 

12.26

4.92

 

11.88

9.38

 

13.94

8.67

 

 25–44

33.15

36.25

 

35.00

30.40

 

33.76

39.30

 

32.97

36.13

 

 45–64

33.02

39.96

 

34.75

45.71

 

35.39

39.41

 

32.67

39.62

 

 65+

20.26

15.23

 

17.99

18.97

 

18.97

11.92

 

20.42

15.58

 

Gender

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

0.100

  

<0.001

 Male

45.20

55.21

 

51.51

30.90

 

49.50

46.87

 

46.37

52.78

 

 Female

54.80

44.79

 

48.49

69.10

 

50.50

53.13

 

53.63

47.22

 

Marital Status

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

0.418

  

<0.001

 Married/Common law

56.76

64.92

 

59.71

63.22

 

63.28

62.46

 

55.99

65.00

 

 Single

30.64

21.69

 

27.95

19.11

 

23.38

22.85

 

31.65

21.41

 

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

12.59

13.38

 

12.34

17.68

 

13.34

14.70

 

12.36

13.58

 

Income

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  < 15,000

25.97

17.99

 

22.38

24.09

 

19.05

23.51

 

26.40

18.32

 

 15,000–29,999

21.53

20.49

 

20.44

26.21

 

21.37

23.87

 

20.87

21.32

 

 30,000–49,999

23.12

24.03

 

23.58

22.95

 

24.72

22.02

 

23.21

23.84

 

 50,000–69,999

13.66

16.12

 

14.85

13.53

 

15.58

14.10

 

13.76

15.75

 

 70,000–89,999

7.39

9.58

 

8.58

6.29

 

8.66

8.75

 

7.21

9.56

 

 90,000+

8.34

11.79

 

10.17

6.94

 

10.62

7.76

 

8.55

11.21

 

Education

  

<0.001

  

0.039

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

 Less than secondary

21.84

12.72

 

18.21

17.35

 

14.17

16.89

 

22.28

13.13

 

 Secondary graduation

16.39

14.87

 

16.06

13.36

 

16.37

16.83

 

16.45

14.95

 

 Some post secondary

6.80

7.58

 

6.96

8.40

 

6.45

8.97

 

6.53

7.81

 

 Post secondary

54.97

64.83

 

58.77

60.90

 

63.01

57.30

 

54.73

64.11

 

Place of residence

  

0.181

  

0.236

  

0.143

  

0.404

 Urban

81.94

83.24

 

82.63

81.15

 

82.19

84.00

 

82.12

82.90

 

 Rural

18.06

16.76

 

17.37

18.85

 

17.81

16.00

 

17.88

17.10

 

Immigrant

  

0.218

  

<0.001

  

0.161

  

0.054

 Yes

25.67

24.39

 

25.76

20.01

 

25.45

27.47

 

26.05

24.07

 

 No

74.33

75.61

 

74.24

79.99

 

74.55

72.53

 

73.95

75.93