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Table 4 Characteristics of child sexual abuse 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)

 

Type of sexual abuse

N = 200

N = 61

N = 245

.149

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

204 (50.5%)

69 (53.1%)

271 (52.5%)

Non- physical acts

7 (3.5%)

2 (3.3%)

5 (2.0%)

 

Physical acts (touching body or genitals)

97 (48.5%)

19 (31.1%)

105 (42.9%)

 

Penetration/intercourse

98 (49.0%)

35 (57.4%)

135 (55.1%)

 

Time of abuse

N = 374

N = 120

N = 466

.515

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

30 (7.4%)

10 (7.7%)

50 (9.7%)

Ongoing

11 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

10 (2.1%)

 

Ongoing and past

8 (2.1%)

2 (1.7%)

9 (1.9%)

 

Past

355 (94.9%)

118 (98.3%)

447 (95.1%)

 

Quantity of sexual abuse

N = 311

N = 104

N = 373

.421

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

93 (23.0%)

26 (20.0%)

143 (27.7%)

Once

28 (9.0%)

9 (8.7%)

31 (8.3%)

 

Multiple

94 (30.2%)

24 (23.1%)

111 (29.8%)

 

Repeatedly over a long time

189 (60.8%)

71 (68.3%)

231 (61.9%)

 

Gender of offender

N = 341

N = 113

N = 408

.369

Missing data:

Missing data:

Missing data:

63 (15.6%)

17 (13.1%)

108 (20.9%)

Male

293 (85.9%)

98 (86.7%)

337 (82.6%)

 

Female

29 (8.5%)

2 (1.8%)

31 (7.6%)

 

Both

19 (5.6%)

13 (11.5%)

40 (9.8%)

 
  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.