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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants with a history of childhood sexual abuse

From: Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among Youth Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Network Analysis

 

Sexual abuse

Male

Female

Х²

P value

(N = 3479)

(N = 1699)

(N = 1780)

Residence

     

 City

1788 (51.4)

850 (50.0)

938 (52.7)

2.48

0.116

 Town and county

1691 (48.6)

849 (50.0)

842 (47.3)

Ethnicity

     

 Han

3119 (89.7)

1548 (91.1)

1571 (88.3)

7.63

0.006

 Others

360 (10.4)

151 (8.9)

209 (11.7)

Family type

     

 Nuclear family

2272 (65.4)

1124 (66.2)

1148 (64.5)

29.14

< 0.001

 More than three generations

651 (18.7)

356 (21)

295 (16.6)

 Other

556 (16.0)

219 (12.9)

337 (18.9)

Current annual income

     

 <$930

1052 (30.3)

498 (28.0)

554 (31.1)

34.45

< 0.001

 $930-$2169

1047 (30.1)

464 (26.1)

583 (32.8)

 $2170–3565

553 (15.9)

262 (14.7)

291 (16.3)

 >3565

827 (23.8)

475 (26.7)

352 (19.8)

Only-child

     

 Yes

1698 (48.8)

965 (56.8)

733 (41.2)

84.87

< 0.001

 No

1781 (51.2)

734 (43.2)

1047 (58.8)

    

T

 

Age, years: Mean (SD)

19.67 (4.05)

19.60 (1.74)

19.53 (1.74)

1.214

0.225

GAD-7

5.18 (4.34)

4.65 (4.33)

5.68 (4.29)

-6.729

< 0.001

PHQ-9

6.91 (4.92)

6.34 (4.98)

7.45 (4.80)

-7.040

< 0.001

  1. Note: GAD-7, the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7); PHQ-9, the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire; Х², the statistics of Chi-square tests; T, the statistics of T-tests; P value, the bold one refers to significant differences between groups; 1 US dollar = 6.4512 RMB yuan.