Locked up at home: a cross-sectional study into the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on domestic violence in households with children in Belgium

Table 4 Predictors for the victimization of the respondent’s child during the second wave of sanitary measures”

Predictors	Descriptives (%)	Estimate	EXP(B) Odds ratio	95% C. I . Odds ratio	p
Age of the respondent (ref. 22–34 years)	20.57				<.001
35–44 years	54.71	0.524	1.689	0.866–3.478
45–54 years	21.15	0.723	2.062	0.931–4.742
> 54 years	3.56	0.432	1.540	0.368–5.500
Household with child (ren) aged 0 to 5^a (ref. No)	53.91				.004
Yes	46.09	−0.707	0.493	0.299–0.801
Household size (ref. 2)	29.88				.023
1	7.70	0.017	1.017	0.448–2.181
3	44.72	0.370	1.447	0.877–2.429
4	14.25	0.993	2.699	1.474–4.963
5 and more	3.45	1.156	3.177	1.167–8.112
Perceived stress (ref. Low)	22.41				<.001
Moderate	62.30	0.406	1.501	0.844–2.805
High	15.29	0.903	2.467	1.242–5.059
Victimization^b before (ref. No)	39.31				<.001
Yes	60.69	1.251	3.494	2.024–6.275
Victimization^b first wave (ref. No)	66.78				.009
Yes	33.22	0.542	1.719	1.112–2.700

^aThese households can also have children that are between 6 and 17 years old, but have at least one child between 0 and 5
^bRespondents (parent of the child) as victim of violence (psychological, physical and/or sexual)
Abbreviations: C.I Confidence Interval

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