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Table 5 Chi-square between knowledge score and demographic variables of parents, N = 50

From: Knowledge of child sexual abuse and attitudes towards reporting it among teachers and parents of children studying in selected primary schools of Udupi Taluk, India

Variables

Knowledge

χ2

df

p value

Good

Average

Poor

Age

 20–30

0

5

2

5.46

6

0.48

 31–40

3

18

1

 41–50

2

13

1

 Above 50

0

4

1

Gender

 Male

1

10

3

2.87

2

0.23

 Female

4

30

2

Education

 Less than PUC

1

7

0

18.3

8

0.019*

 Graduation

2

22

2

 Post-graduation and above

1

6

0

 Diploma

0

4

0

 Other

1

1

3

Marital status

 Married

4

39

4

18.5

6

0.005*

 Separated

0

0

1

 Divorced

0

1

0

 Widowed

1

0

0

Area of residence

 Urban

5

25

3

2.87

2

0.23

 Rural

0

15

2

Occupation

 Unemployed

2

11

1

2.36

6

0.88

 Government employee

0

6

1

 Private job

3

18

2

 Self-employment/business

0

5

1

Number of children below 12 years

 One

1

12

1

3.88

6

0.69

 Two

2

16

4

 Three

2

11

0

 Four & above

0

1

0

Monthly family income (in Rupees)

 < 5000

1

3

3

11.6

6

0.07

 5001–15,000

1

15

1

 15,001–30,000

2

10

0

 > 30,000

1

12

1

Source of information on CSA

 TV

2

18

4

5.7

8

0.68

 Newspaper

2

7

0

 Social media

0

9

1

 Other

1

6

0

  1. df degree of freedom, χ2 chi-square, *significant at p =  < 0.05