Both in civil and in criminal
cases, the vast majority of defendants were male. However, in the prewar years,
the proportion of female defendants was higher in criminal cases than in civil
cases. This difference between civil and criminal cases is statistically
significant, as the results of an independent samples t-test below demonstrate.
Sex of Defendants, Civil and Criminal Cases, Prewar
Years
|
|
Sex of the Defendant |
Total |
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|
Male |
Female |
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|
Types of Cases |
Civil cases |
78 |
3 |
81 |
|
|
96.3% |
3.7% |
|
|
|
Criminal cases |
330 |
44 |
374 |
|
|
|
88.2% |
11.8% |
|
|
|
Total |
408 |
47 |
455 |
|
|
|
89.7% |
10.3% |
|
|
Sex of Defendants in Civil
and Criminal Cases, Independent Samples T-Test
|
|
Levene's Test for Equality
of Variances |
t-test for Equality of Means |
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|
F |
Sig. |
t |
Df |
Sig. (2-tailed) |
Mean Difference |
Std. Error Difference |
95% Confidence Interval of the Difference |
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|
Lower |
Upper |
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|
Sex of the Defendant |
Equal variances assumed |
22.247 |
.000 |
2.168 |
453 |
.031 |
.0806 |
.03719 |
.00753 |
.15369 |
|
|
Equal variances not assumed |
|
2.996 |
194.776 |
.003 |
.0806 |
.02691 |
.02754 |
.13368 |
|