Table 3 The circumstance of assault and typology of violence studied according to the gender of the victims of non-fatal interpersonal violence
From: Descriptive study of non-fatal interpersonal violence in a Nigerian City
Variable* | Gender (victims) | Test statistic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Total | |||
Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | |||
Circumstance of assault | CRQ | 53 (56.4) | 28 (22.2) | 81 (36.8) | χ2(5) = 34.4 P < 0.001 |
BWR | 17 (18.1) | 53 (42.1) | 70 (31.8) | ||
BSE | 5 (5.3) | 13 (10.3) | 18 (8.2) | ||
FDR | 12 (12.8) | 10 (7.9) | 22 (10.0) | ||
LD | 1 (1.1) | 7 (5.60 | 8 (3.6) | ||
Others† | 6 (6.4) | 15 (11.9) | 21 (9.5) | ||
Total | 94 (100.0) | 126 (100.0) | 220 (100.0) | ||
Categorization of violence by WHO typology | CVA | 73 (77.7) | 73 (57.9) | 146 (66.4) | Fisher’s exact; P < 0.001 |
CVS | 9 (9.6) | 41 (32.5) | 50 (22.7) | ||
IPV | 4 (4.3) | 1 (0.8) | 5 (2.3) | ||
FVNP | 8 (8.5) | 11 (8.7) | 19 (8.6) | ||
Total | 94 (100.0) | 126 (100.0) | 220 (100.0) | ||