Awareness of different forms of child abuse among Beni Suef University students: descriptive survey

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Distribution of included students according to family data and personal experience

	Health science colleges		Non-health science colleges		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Family data
Father education
Elementary education	46	6.22	214	22.57	260	15.4
Secondary school	168	22.7	418	44.09	586	34.72
University education	490	66.22	242	25.53	732	43.36
Others or missing data	36	4.86	74	7.81	110	6.52
χ² = 291	P < 0.01
Mother education
Elementary education	94	12.7	322	33.97	416	24.46
Secondary school	166	22.34	354	37.34	520	30.81
University education	440	59.46	152	16.03	592	35.07
Others or missing data	40	5.41	120	12.66	160	9.48
χ² = 350	P < 0.01
Family condition
Both parents	594	80.27	784	82.7	1378	81.64
Death	102	13.78	124	13.08	226	13.39
Divorce	28	3.78	28	2.95	56	3.32
Missing data	16	2.16	12	1.27	28	1.66
χ² = 3.33	P = 0.34
Child abuse personal experience
Life satisfaction
Satisfied	303	81.89	644	67.93	1250	74.05
Not satisfied	63	17.03	292	30.8	418	24.76
Missing data	4	1.08	12	1.27	20	1.18
χ² = 42.9	P < 0.01
Feeling loved
Enough	574	77.57	672	70.89	1246	73.82
Not enough	122	16.49	226	23.84	348	20.62
Never been	38	5.14	38	4.01	76	4.5
Missing data	6	0.81	12	1.27	18	1.07
χ² = 15.39	P < 0.01
Previously abused
Always	40	5.41	42	4.43	82	4.86
Often	178	24.05	260	27.43	438	25.95
Rare	314	42.43	356	37.55	670	39.69
Never	202	27.3	286	30.17	488	28.91
Missing data	6	0.81	4	0.42	10	0.59
χ² = 7.37	P = 0.117
Serious abuse
Yes	94	12.7	118	12.45	212	12.59
No	638	86.22	826	87.13	1464	86.73
Missing data	8	1.08	4	0.42	12	0.71
χ² = 2.6	P = 0.27