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Table 2 Distribution of emotional abuse acts by gender

From: Emotional abuse towards children by schoolteachers in Aden Governorate, Yemen: A cross-sectional study

Emotional abuse acts

Gender

P-value

 

Male

Female

Total

 
 

(n = 667)

(n = 399)

1066

 

Humiliating

221

33.1

82

20.5

303

28.4

0.000

Shouting

351

52.6

162

40.6

513

48.1

0.022

Calling names

290

43.5

95

23.8

385

36.1

0.000

Embarrassed of being orphan

17

2.54

1

0.3

18

1.7

0.005

Embarrass of being poor

51

7.6

6

1.5

57

5.3

0.000

Threaten with bad marks

242

36.3

98

24.6

340

31.9

0.003

Threaten to drop out school

268

40.2

65

16.3

333

31.2

0.000

Embarrass by having health problems

38

5.7

14

3.5

52

4.8

0.125

Isolated from children

59

8.8

15

3.8

74

6.9

0.002

Destroying belongings

19

2.8

2

0.5

21

2.0

0.008