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Table 2 Violence/Trauma experience by gender

From: Exposure to and experiences of violence among adolescents in lower socio-economic groups in Johannesburg, South Africa

Variable

Ever seen any violence

Ever seen an act of violence in the community

Ever experienced an act violence in the community

Ever seen violence in the family

Ever experienced violence in the family

 

Male

Female

p-value

Male

Female

p-value

Male

Female

p-value

Male

Female

p-value

Male

Female

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Ethnic group

               

Black

171 (82.2)

238 (79.9)

0.5

156 (75.0)

209 (70.4)

0.3

70 (33.7)

63 (21.4)

0.0021

64 (30.9)

111 (37.9)

0.1

58 (27.9)

78 (26.3)

0.7

Coloured

35 (77.8)

44 (71.0)

0.4

29 (64.4)

42 (67.7)

0.7

14 (31.1)

13 (21.0)

0.2

14 (31.1)

21 (33.9)

0.8

10 (22.2)

10 (16.1)

0.4

Indian

23 (48.9)

29 (49.2)

0.98

19 (40.4)

17 (29.3)

0.2

14 (29.8)

9 (15.3)

0.1

5 (10.6)

12 (21.1)

0.2

5 (10.6)

8 (13.6)

0.6

White

45 (84.9)

43 (86.0)

0.9

40 (75.5)

40 (80.0)

0.6

28 (52.8)

17 (34.0)

0.1

17 (32.7)

21 (43.8)

0.3

11 (20.8)

14 (28.0)

0.4

Repeated Grade in School

               

Never repeated

148 (74.4)

250 (71.0)

0.4

134 (67.3)

219 (62.6)

0.3

57 (28.6)

64 (18.3)

0.0049

52 (26.3)

109 (31.6)

0.2

48 (24.1)

69 (19.6)

0.2

Repeated

126 (81.8)

104 (88.9)

0.1

110 (71.4)

89 (76.1)

0.4

69 (44.8)

38 (32.8)

0.0451

48 (31.4)

56 (48.7)

0.0040

36 (23.4)

41 (35.3)

0.0311

Parents Alive

               

Both parents alive

179 (75.2)

221 (71.3)

0.3

160 (67.2)

192 (62.1)

0.2

82 (34.5)

62 (20.1)

0.0002

64 (27.1)

105 (34.2)

0.1

48 (20.2)

65 (21.0)

0.8

Single parent alive

78 (81.3)

112 (83.6)

0.6

71 (74.0)

98 (73.1)

0.9

36 (37.5)

31 (23.5)

0.0218

29 (30.2)

50 (39.1)

0.2

27 (28.1)

39 (29.3)

0.8

None alive

17 (89.5)

21 (84.0)

0.6

13 (68.4)

18 (75.0)

0.6

8 (42.1)

9 (36.0)

0.7

7 (36.8)

10 (40.0)

0.8

9 (47.4)

6 (24.0)

0.1

Parents Marital Status

               

Married

112 (72.7)

131 (67.5)

0.3

103 (66.9)

109 (56.5)

0.0482

56 (36.4)

36 (18.7)

0.0002

39 (25.7)

59 (30.9)

0.3

32 (20.8)

41 (21.1)

0.9

Single

71 (88.8)

111 (83.5)

0.3

63 (78.8)

98 (73.7)

0.4

30 (37.5)

27 (20.5)

0.0067

24 (30.0)

47 (35.6)

0.4

18 (22.5)

38 (28.6)

0.3

Other

52 (76.5)

76 (79.2)

0.7

44 (64.7)

70 (73.7)

0.2

21 (30.9)

27 (28.1)

0.7

23 (33.8)

43 (45.7)

0.1

16 (23.5)

19 (19.8)

0.6

Household Head

               

Female

149 (81.4)

211 (79.9)

0.7

130 (71.0)

187 (71.1)

0.98

70 (38.3)

64 (24.4)

0.0018

55 (30.1)

100 (38.8)

0.1

45 (24.6)

76 (28.9)

0.3

Male

124 (73.4)

142 (69.6)

0.4

113 (66.9)

120 (59.1)

0.1

56 (33.1)

37 (18.2)

0.0009

44 (26.3)

65 (32.3)

0.2

38 (22.5)

33 (16.2)

0.1

Parents Educational Level

               

Primary School

85 (76.6)

138 (79.8)

0.5

73 (65.8)

119 (68.8)

0.6

41 (36.9)

42 (24.3)

0.0221

29 (26.4)

73 (42.9)

0.0049

19 (17.1)

49 (28.3)

0.0308

Up to Secondary School

156 (78.8)

177 (74.4)

0.3

143 (72.2)

155 (65.7)

0.1

70 (35.4)

50 (21.2)

0.0010

61 (31.0)

77 (32.9)

0.7

56 (28.3)

52 (21.9)

0.1

Post-school training

33 (75.0)

39 (67.2)

0.4

28 (63.6)

34 (58.6)

0.6

15 (34.1)

10 (17.5)

0.1

10 (22.7)

15 (26.8)

0.6

9 (20.5)

9 (15.5)

0.5

Sexually Active

               

Yes

165 (82.9)

145 (85.3)

0.5

151 (75.9)

122 (72.2)

0.4

71 (35.7)

56 (32.9)

0.6

64 (32.3)

73 (43.2)

0.0318

46 (23.1)

49 (28.8)

0.2

No

109 (70.8)

209 (69.9)

0.8

93 (60.4)

186 (62.4)

0.7

55 (35.7)

46 (15.5)

<.0001

36 (23.5)

92 (31.6)

0.1

38 (24.7)

61 (20.5)

0.3

Number of sexual partners

               

None or one

140 (72.5)

269 (72.5)

0.99

120 (62.2)

236 (63.8)

0.7

65 (33.7)

71 (19.3)

0.0002

44 (23.0)

127 (35.1)

0.0036

43 (22.3)

79 (21.4)

0.8

More than one

134 (83.8)

85 (86.7)

0.5

124 (77.5)

72 (74.2)

0.5

61 (38.1)

31 (31.6)

0.3

56 (35.0)

38 (38.8)

0.5

41 (25.6)

31 (31.6)

0.3

Ever had alcohol

               

Yes

218 (82.3)

237 (86.2)

0.2

200 (75.5)

204 (74.5)

0.8

106 (40.0)

80 (29.2)

0.0084

84 (31.8)

129 (47.4)

0.0002

66 (24.9)

82 (29.8)

0.2

No

56 (63.6)

116 (60.1)

0.6

44 (50.0)

104 (54.2)

0.5

20 (22.7)

22 (11.5)

0.0150

16 (18.4)

36 (19.3)

0.9

18 (20.5)

28 (14.6)

0.2

Had alcohol in the past 6 months

               

Yes

193 (86.2)

184 (88.9)

0.4

180 (80.4)

159 (77.2)

0.4

89 (39.7)

67 (32.5)

0.1

71 (31.7)

100 (48.8)

0.0003

59 (26.3)

69 (33.3)

0.1

No

81 (62.8)

168 (64.6)

0.7

64 (49.6)

148 (57.1)

0.2

37 (28.7)

35 (13.6)

0.0003

29 (22.8)

65 (25.7)

0.5

25 (19.4)

40 (15.4)

0.3

Ever had drugs

               

Yes

90 (82.6)

53 (91.4)

0.1

83 (76.1)

44 (77.2)

0.9

50 (45.9)

23 (41.1)

0.6

41 (37.6)

28 (49.1)

0.2

27 (24.8)

20 (35.1)

0.2

No

184 (75.4)

298 (73.0)

0.5

161 (66.0)

262 (64.4)

0.7

76 (31.1)

77 (18.9)

0.0004

59 (24.4)

137 (34.3)

0.0085

57 (23.4)

89 (21.8)

0.6

Had drugs in the past 6 months

               

Yes

64 (80.0)

26 (89.7)

0.2

58 (72.5)

20 (71.4)

0.9

33 (41.3)

12 (42.9)

0.9

25 (31.3)

15 (53.6)

0.0353

20 (25.0)

10 (35.7)

0.3

No

209 (76.8)

325 (74.4)

0.5

186 (68.4)

286 (65.6)

0.4

93 (34.2)

89 (20.5)

<0.0001

74 (27.4)

150 (35.0)

0.0371

64 (23.5)

100 (22.9)

0.8

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