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Table 2 Average maltreatment, nonviolent offense and violent offense frequency by demographic descriptors

From: Describing associations between child maltreatment frequency and the frequency and timing of subsequent delinquent or criminal behaviors across development: variation by sex, sexual orientation, and race

 

Average maltreatment frequency

Average nonviolent offense frequency in adolescence

Average violent offense frequency in adolescence

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Sex

 Male

2.51

2.48

1.13***

1.93

0.97***

1.87

 Female

2.78***

2.92

0.58

1.47

0.45

1.28

Race/ethnicity (white = referent)

 Hispanic

2.88**

3.22

1.07*

2.33

1.13***

2.74

 Black

2.64

3.10

0.65*

1.78

1.01***

2.28

 Asian

3.31***

4.03

0.97

2.65

0.63

2.06

Native American

3.56***

3.18

1.26*

2.05

1.26***

2.11

 Other

2.52

2.12

1.09

2.11

0.58

1.62

 White

2.54

2.40

0.84

1.58

0.57

1.24

LGBQ

 No

2.53

2.65

0.82

1.74

0.72

1.67

 Yes

3.40***

2.93

1.10***

1.99

0.67

1.59

  1. *p-value< 0.05; **p-value< 0.01; and ***p-value< 0.001 in post hoc testing