Prevalence of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Socio-demographics and risk factors in relation to different types of adult abuse (N = 65,393)

		No abuse		Emotional abuse		Physical abuse		Sexual abuse		Any abuse
		n = 52,396	80%	n = 10,739	16%	n = 3,735	6%	n = 3,512	5%	n = 12,997	20%
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (yr)	n*
14-19	947	800	85	124	13	35	4	33	4	147	16
20-24	8049	6551	81	1214	15	425	5	431	5	1498	19
25-29	23614	19434	82	3444	15	1158	5	1096	5	4180	18
30-34	26354	20954	80	4449	16	1593	6	1475	6	5400	21
>35	6428	4657	72	1507	23	523	8	476	7	1771	28
missing	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Civil status
married	31642	2617	83	4451	14	1359	4	1462	5	5464	17
cohabiting	31320	24653	79	5531	18	2068	7	1785	6	6667	21
not cohabiting	2072	1297	63	673	33	285	14	240	7	775	37
missing	359	268	<1	84	<1	23	<1	25	<1	91	<1
Education
primary	1638	1176	72	404	25	171	10	134	8	462	28
secondary	19297	14886	77	3749	19	1386	7	1206	6	4411	23
≤ 4 yr uni	37739	31298	83	5150	14	1630	4	1697	5	6441	17
> 4 yr uni	4340	3198	74	996	23	370	9	310	7	1142	26
missing	2379	1838	4	440	4	178	5	165	5	541	4
Parity
P 0	33913	27494	81	5261	16	1748	5	1687	5	6419	19
P +1	31480	24902	79	5478	17	1987	6	1825	6	6578	21
missing	0
BMI
<20	7947	6389	80	1274	16	481	6	490	6	1558	20
20-24,9	35576	28780	81	5622	16	1945	6	1758	5	6816	19
25-29,9	13934	11102	80	2350	17	795	6	753	5	2832	20
>30	6074	4690	77	1156	19	392	7	397	7	1384	23
missing	1862	1455	3	337	3	122	3	114	3	407	3
Smoking 1st trim.
no	58934	47953	81	8983	15	2974	5	2940	5	10981	19
sometimes	2010	1460	73	471	23	191	10	127	6	550	27
daily	3956	2600	66	1194	30	532	13	411	10	1356	34
missing	493	383	<1	91	<1	38	1	34	1	110	<1
Alcohol 1st trim.
Never	48498	39151	81	7767	16	2666	6	2503	5	9347	19
<1 /week	8377	6425	77	1529	18	586	7	596	7	1952	23
2-7 /week	52	30	58	18	35	5	10	8	15	22	42
missing	8466	6790	13	1425	13	478	13	405	12	1676	13
Child abuse
no	53129	44253	83	7366	14	2507	5	2287	4	8876	17
yes	12264	8143	66	3373	28	1228	10	1225	10	8877	17
missing	0	0	0	0	13	0	13	0	0	0	0

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