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Table 5 Risk factors for psychological abuse, sexual violence, and economic violence according to sociodemographic characteristics, somatic, gynecological, and mental morbidity of victims

From: The impact of domestic violence: a prospective forensic study in the northeastern region of Algeria (Annaba)

 

Psychological abuse

Sexuel violence

Economic violence

Yes

n = 186

n (%)

No

n = 14

n (%)

p-value

Yes

n = 55

n (%)

No = 145

n (%)

p-value

Yes

n = 93

n (%)

No

n = 107

n (%)

p-value

Age (years)

Mean

33.85

34.64

0.861*

33.98

33.88

0.820*

32.90

34.78

0.318*

SD

8.93

10.55

9.18

9.00

8.18

9.65

Médiane

33.00

33.50

 

33.00

33.00

 

33.00

33.00

 

Educational level

 Illiterate

12 (6.5)

2 (14.3)

0.6525

2 (3.6)

12 (8.3)

 

2 (2.2)

12 (11.2)

0.007**

 Primary

33 (17.7)

2 (14.3)

13 (23.6)

22 (15.2)

24 (25.8)

11 (10.3)

 Medium

49 (26.3)

5 (35.7)

12 (21.8)

42 (29)

29 (31.2)

25 (23.4)

 Secondary

50 (26.9)

2 (14.3)

18 (32.7)

34 (23.4)

19 (20.4)

33 (30.8)

 Superior

42 (22.6)

3 (21.4)

10 (18.2)

35 (24.1)

19 (20.4)

26 (24.3)

Professional status

 Free profession

5 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

0.5221

2 (3.6)

3 (2.1)

0.2343

2 (2.2)

3 (2.1)

0.880

 Factory girl

11 (5.9)

0 (0.0)

4 (7.3)

7 (4.8)

6 (6.5)

7 (4.8)

 Student

5 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.6)

3 (2.1)

3 (3.2)

3 (2.1)

 Employee

35 (18.8)

5 (35.7)

13 (23.6)

27 (18.6)

19 (20.4)

27 (18.6)

 Unemployment

120 (64.5)

9 (64.3)

30 (54.5)

99 (68.3)

57 (61.3)

99 (68.3)

 Upper frame

10 (5.4)

0 ( 0.0)

4 (7.3)

6 (4.1)

6 (6.5)

6 (4.1)

Somatic morbidity

74 (39.8)

6 (42.9)

0.821

29 (52.7)

51 (35.2)

0.023**

41 (44.1)

39 (36.4)

0.271

Gynecological morbidity

78 (41.9)

3 (21.4)

0.131

29 (52.7

52 (35.9)

0.030**

44 (47.3)

37 (34.6)

0.067

Economic violence

92 (49.5)

1 (7.1)

0.002**

34 (31.8)

59 (40.7)

0.007**

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Psychological abuse

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54 (98.2)

132 (91)

0.076

92 (98.9)

94 (87.9)

0.002**

Sexuel violence

1(7.1)

54 (29.0)

0.077

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34 (36.6)

21 (19.6)

0.007**

Attempted suicide(AS)

3(21.4)

56 (30.3)

0.486

25 (45.5)

34 (23.6)

0.002**

35 (37.6

24 (22.6)

0.020**

Taking psychotropic

0(0.0)

6 (3.2)

0.496

4 (7.3)

2 (1.4)

0.029**

2 (2.2)

4 (3.8)

0.504

  1. *Mann–Whitney test. **P-value was considered significant if ≤ 0.05