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. 2006 Jun;96(6):1028–1030. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.063263

TABLE 1—

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Sexual and Physical Abuse, by Childhood Environment Variables and Demographic: CHASE Study, 2001–2003

Childhood Sexual Abusea Lifetime Sexual Abuse Childhood Sexual and/or Physical Abusea Lifetime Sexual and/or Physical Abuse
Childhood
    Depressed parent (20.9%) 1.51 (0.91, 2.53) 1.57 (0.97, 2.54) 2.00 (1.23, 3.24)** 1.78 (1.08, 2.91)**
    Impaired parent (11.4%) 2.24 (1.18, 4.29)** 1.73 (0.90, 3.33) 2.46 (1.28, 4.73)** 1.64 (0.80, 3.36)**
    Spousal abuse (22.4%) 1.70 (1.03, 2.78)** 1.49 (0.92, 2.42) 1.60 (1.00, 2.60) 1.94 (1.19, 3.16)
    Hungry (19.8%) 0.96 (0.54, 1.69) 1.26 (0.75, 2.16) 1.06 (0.62, 1.82) 0.74 (0.45, 1.21)
    Parent died (11.5%) 0.76 (0.38, 1.53) 0.86 (0.45, 1.62) 0.85 (0.44, 1.65) 1.04 (0.57, 1.91)
    Parent in prison (7.5%) 1.42 (0.70, 3.00) 1.16 (0.55, 2.46) 1.62 (0.77, 3.41) 0.88 (0.41, 1.88)
    Foster care (8.6%) 2.14 (1.02, 4.52)** 1.70 (0.82, 3.53) 2.50 (1.21, 5.19)** 2.07 (0.95, 4.48)
    Parents divorced (39.4%) 1.83 (1.18, 2.83)** 1.66 (1.10, 2.50)** 2.10 (1.39, 3.18)** 2.10 (1.42, 3.10)**
Demographics
    Male (69%) 0.38 (0.20, 0.70)** 0.17 (0.09, 0.34)*** 0.56 (0.32, 0.99)*** 0.44 (0.27, 0.73)**
    Not heterosexual (44.5%) 3.99 (2.18, 7.31)*** 6.88 (3.51, 13.48)*** 3.21 (1.86, 5.55)*** 2.35 (1.44, 3.85)**
    Minority (69%) 1.33 (0.81, 2.18) 1.14 (0.72, 1.79) 1.12 (0.70, 1.78) 0.85 (0.55, 1.31)
    Study site (50%) 0.82 (0.53, 1.26) 0.74 (0.49, 1.10) 0.97 (0.65, 1.47) 0.86 (0.59, 1.26)
    Self in jail (2.5%) 5.17 (2.26, 11.81)*** 3.66 (0.65, 1.47)**

aOccuring when respondent was aged younger than 13 years.

*P = .10; **P = .05; ***P < .0001.