Research Article

Breaking the Silence: Investigating the Prevalence and Key Risk Factors of Child Maltreatment among Male Working Children in a Rural Community in Bangladesh

Table 5

Predicting factors of different types of CM.

PsychologicalPhysical abuseNeglectSexual abuse
Beta valueBeta valueBeta valueBeta value

Age.490.090.085-.082-.019.704.076.052.360.031.049.378
Birth order of the child
 1st1.543.079.3351.625.106.183.309.059.505.033.015.865
 2nd-.573-.028.707.549.034.637-.093-.017.832.114.049.542
 3rd-.031-.001.983-.415-.025.704-.164-.029.693.004.002.980
No. of child.011.002.978.010.002.976.191.102.120.026.033.610
Marital status
 Unmarried (ref)
 Married-.749-.013.7921.062.023.624.336.021.683-.592-.087.089
Smoking
 No (ref)
 Yes-.181-.009.864-.539-.033.503.116.021.706-.015-.006.907
Year of schooling-.079-.022.664.072.025.604-.157-.161.003.015.035.514
Living arrangement
 Parents (ref)
 Other than parents6.762.150.0026.695.189<.0011.359.112.030.707.137.008
Religion
 Muslim (ref)
 Hindu4.774.123.0112.746.090.0541.318.126.015-.298-.067.192
Safe feeling at home
 Always (ref)
 Not always-2.778-.080.095-3.170-.116.013.499.053.300.441.111.030
Adult at home shouting in a frightening way
 No (ref)
 Yes5.204.269<.0013.617.238<.001.439.084.118-.220-.099.064
Witnessing adult’s physical violence
 No (ref)
 Yes2.020.093.0552.049.121.011-.333-.057.274-.139-.056.280
Witnessing adult at home using a weapon
 No (ref)
 Yes5.144.191<.0014.249.200<.001-.007-.001.986-.027-.009.867
Bullied by siblings
 No (ref)
 Yes3.388.177.0012.942.195<.001-.023-.004.937-.151-.069.216
Father’s education
 Secondary and above (ref)
 Nonformal4.600.251.0066.152.427<.001.385.078.426.159.076.436
 Primary4.657.226.0034.797.297<.001.567.102.211-.111-.047.561
Mother’s education
 Secondary and above (ref)
 Nonformal-2.382-.130.182-.759-.053.576-.442-.090.392.136.065.532
 Primary-.897-.049.562-.632-.044.592.414.083.356-.118-.056.535
squared.229.274.108.116
Adjusted squared.188.236.061.069

: unstandardized coefficients; beta: standardized coefficients (enter method). P value is statistically significant.