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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of victims dependent on context groups

From: Child sexual abuse in religiously affiliated and secular institutions: a retrospective descriptive analysis of data provided by victims in a government-sponsored reappraisal program in Germany

 

Roman Catholic context

Protestant context

Non-religiously affiliated context

p-valueb

 

(N = 404a)

(N = 130a)

(N = 516a)

 

Age

N = 327

N = 105

N = 392

.000

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

77 (19.1%)

25 (19.2%)

124 (24.0%)

Range

19 – 89

34 – 78

12 – 79

 

Mean (SD)

54.9

56.5

49.1

 
 

(SD = 13.0)

(SD = 8.8)

(SD = 14.2)

 

Gender

N = 394

N = 128

N = 503

.000

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

10 (2.5%)

2 (1.5%)

13 (2.5%)

Male

275 (69.8%)

58 (45.3%)

280 (55.7%)

 

Female

119 (30.2%)

70 (54.7%)

223 (44.3%)

 

Location

N = 332

N = 107

N = 422

.000

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

72 (17.8%)

23 (17.7%)

94 (18.2%)

Western federal states

322 (79.7%)

101 (77.7%)

358 (60.4%)

 

Eastern federal states

10 (2.5%)

6 (4.6%)

64 (12.4%)

 

Urban or rural environment

N = 230

N = 76

N = 289

.788

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

174 (43.1%)

54 (41.5%)

227 (44.0%)

Urban

160 (39.6%)

54 (41.5%)

195 (37.8%)

 

Rural

70 (17.3%)

22 (16.9%)

94 (18.2%)

 

Marital status

N = 212

N = 73

N = 234

.408

 

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

 

192 (47.5%)

57 (43.8%)

282 (54.7%)

Single

74 (34.9%)

28 (38.4%)

89 (38.0%)

 

Married

83 (39.1%)

22 (30.1%)

77 (32.9%)

 

Divorced/separated

37 (17.4%)

21 (28.8%)

37 (15.8%)

 

Widowed

7 (3.3%)

1 (1.4%)

9 (3.8%)

 

Living with a domestic partner

11 (5.2%)

1 (1.4%)

22 (9.4%)

 

Education

N = 155

N = 46

N = 180

.924

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

249 (61.6%)

84 (64.6%)

336 (65.1%)

A-levels

70 (45.2%)

21 (45.7%)

76 (42.2%)

 

General certificate of secondary education

14 (9.0%)

5 (10.9%)

7 (3.9%)

 

Certificate of secondary education

33 (21.3%)

11 (23.9%)

44 (24.4%)

 

Certificate of school for special education

26 (16.8%)

4 (8.7%)

31 (17.2%)

 

No graduation

2 (1.3%)

2 (4.3%)

4 (2.2%)

 
  1. ªTotal of whole context group; see detailed number of victims that referred to single topics in the table.
  2. bKruskall-Wallis-Test with statistically significant level p < .05.