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Table 1 Prevalence of youth reported slapping/spanking by sociodemographic variables

From: Examining the relationships between parent experiences and youth self-reports of slapping/spanking: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Youth Not Slapped/Spanked

% (95% CI)

Youth Slapped/Spanked

% (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Urban

 Rural

75.70 (73.67, 77.59)a

24.30 (22.41, 26.33)a

1.00

 Small and Medium Urban

83.03 (81.02, 84.85)a

16.97 (15.15, 18.98)

0.64 (0.53, 0.76)*

 Large Urban

82.78 (82.07, 83.63)a

17.22 (16.37, 17.93)a

0.64 (0.57, 0.73)*

Family Poverty

 No

81.44 (80.67, 82.18)

18.56 (17.82, 19.33)

1.00

 Yes

85.95 (84.81, 87.02)

14.05 (12.98, 15.19)

0.72 (0.65, 0.80)*

Single Parent

 No

82.30 (81.55, 83.03)

17.70 (16.97, 18.45)

1.00

 Yes

83.22 (81.68, 84.65)

16.78 (15.35, 18.32)

0.94 (0.84, 1.05)

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio. Weighted prevalence and mean. aPrevalence based on counts rounded to the nearest 50 due to Research Data Centre vetting rules. * p < .001
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