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Table 1 Characteristics of sample

From: Neighborhood social capital and infant physical abuse: a population-based study in Japan

 

Total (n = 1277)

Abuse (n = 115, 9.0 %)

Non-abuse (n = 1162, 91 %)

P for Chi square

N

%

N

%

N

%

Household characteristics

 Marital status

  Married

1255

98.3

112

97.4

1143

98.4

0.503

  Unmarried/divorced/other

19

1.5

3

2.6

16

1.4

 

  Missing

3

0.2

0

0.0

3

0.3

 

 Living with grand parents or others

  Yes

138

10.8

14

12.2

124

10.7

0.621

  No

1139

89.2

101

87.8

1038

89.3

 

 Annual household income (million yen)

  ≤2

33

2.6

5

4.4

28

2.4

0.474

  2.1–4

369

28.9

34

29.6

335

28.8

 

  4.1–6

444

34.8

41

35.7

403

34.7

 

  6.1–8

197

15.4

13

11.3

184

15.8

 

  8+

92

7.2

6

5.2

86

7.4

 

  No answer

142

11.1

16

13.9

126

10.8

 

Infant characteristics

 Sex

  Male

643

50.4

65

56.5

578

49.7

0.328

  Female

630

49.3

50

43.5

580

49.9

 

  Missing

4

0.3

0

0.0

4

0.3

 

 Birth order

  First

623

48.8

61

53.0

562

48.4

0.558

  Subsequent

651

51.0

54

47.0

597

51.4

 

  Missing

3

0.2

0

0.0

3

0.3

 

 Birth weight (g)

  <2500

118

9.2

15

13.0

103

8.9

 

  2500+

1136

89.0

99

86.1

1037

89.2

 

  Missing

23

1.8

1

0.9

22

1.9