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Table 2 Sociodemographic variation in frequency of maltreatment, non-violent and violent offenses in adolescence

From: Disrupting the link between maltreatment and delinquency: how school, family, and community factors can be protective

 

Average maltreatment frequency

Average non-violent offense frequency in adolescence

Average violent offense frequency in adolescence

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Sex

 Male

2.51

2.48

1.13***

1.93

0.97***

1.87

 Female

2.78***

2.92

0.58

1.47

0.45

1.28

Race/ethnicity (white = referent)

 Hispanic

2.88**

3.22

1.07*

2.33

1.13***

2.74

 Black

2.64

3.10

0.65*

1.78

1.01***

2.28

 Asian

3.31***

4.03

0.97

2.65

0.63

2.06

 Native American

3.56***

3.18

1.26*

2.05

1.26***

2.11

 Other

2.52

2.12

1.09

2.11

0.58

1.62

 White

2.54

2.40

0.84

1.58

0.57

1.24

LGBQ

 No

2.53

2.65

0.82

1.74

0.72

1.67

 Yes

3.40***

2.93

1.10***

1.99

0.67

1.59

  1. *p-value< 0.05; **p-value< 0.01; and ***p-value< 0.001 in post hoc testing
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