Table 1 Demographic characteristics of H-S perpetrators
Variable | Total (125) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (76) | Female(49) | Statistics | P | ||
Time interval from the incident to forensic assessment (months) | 1.7 ± 2.310 | 2.03 ± 2.366 | 1.22 ± 2.153 | 1330.00a | 0.005 |
Age | |||||
 Mean ± SD | 38.86 ± 11.246 | 38.29 ± 12.362 | 34.63 ± 8.925 | 1.918b | 0.058 |
  < 18 | 3 (2.4) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (2.0) |  |  |
 18–34 | 55 (44.0) | 29 (38.2) | 26 (53.2) |  |  |
 35–49 | 49 (39.2) | 30 (39.5) | 19 (38.7) |  |  |
 50–64 | 17 (13.6) | 14 (18.4) | 3 (6.1) |  |  |
 ≥ 65 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) |  |  |
 Unemployment | 58 (46.4) | 32 (42.1) | 26 (53.1) | 1.438c | 0.230 |
Marital status | 21.222d | < 0.001 | |||
 Never married | 29 (23.2) | 27 (35.5) | 2 (4.1) |  |  |
 Married | 83 (66.4) | 40 (52.6) | 43 (87.8) |  |  |
 Divorced | 11 (8.8) | 7 (9.2) | 4 (8.2) |  |  |
 Unknown | 2 (1.6) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) |  |  |
Residence | 1.150c | 0.284 | |||
 Urban | 39 (31.2) | 21 (27.6) | 18 (36.7) |  |  |
 Rural | 86 (68.8) | 55 (72.4) | 31 (63.3) |  |  |
Education1 | 2.986d | 0.232 | |||
 Low | 39 (31.2) | 28 (36.8) | 11 (22.4) |  |  |
 Medium | 76 (60.8) | 42 (55.3) | 34 (69.4) |  |  |
 High | 10 (8.0) | 6 (7.9) | 4 (8.2) |  |  |
 History of domestic violence | 34 (27.2) | 22 (28.9) | 12 (24.5) | 0.299c | 0.585 |