The Assessment of Impact of Family Economic Status on Sexual Victimization of Children and Adolescents

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of parents' economic status index as a factor on the sexual abuse of children and adolescents under the age of fifteen among those who refer to four social emergency centers located in Tehran province. In order to investigate the economic conditions of the families of sexually abused children, the factors related to the economic status were selected using a researcher-made questionnaire and available sampling method, and the relationship between the variables was measured using spss software and statistical tests, and the correlations were analyzed. it placed. The results of the analysis of child sexual abuse cases referred to the social emergency indicate that nearly half of the studied sexual victimized children (52.7%) live in bad economic conditions, 35.5% of them have They are average and only 11.8% of them had good economic conditions. The findings of this research confirm that there is a statistically significant relationship between child sexual abuse and the economic status of parents. The test of hypotheses indicates that many factors, including economic causes and the unemployment status of parents, play a role in the occurrence of child abuse. Statistics show that more than one-third (33.7%) of fathers are unemployed, and the risk of sexual abuse is higher in children whose fathers are unemployed. It is necessary to identify these factors in order to prevent child injury. The results of this research can be used as a useful resource for government agencies such as welfare, non-governmental organizations, parents and teachers.