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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Res Social Policy. 2006 Mar;3(1):13–21. doi: 10.1525/srsp.2006.3.1.13

Table 2.

Comparison of Indicators of Adaptive Functioning Between Lower and Higher Childhood Adversity History Groups

Indicators of Adaptive Functioning Childhood Adversity History
Lower (N = 435) Higher (N = 134)
% %
Employed 73.3 55.2***
Stably housed 93.1 74.6***
In school or graduated high school 87.8 68.7***
No criminal justice system involvement 63.4 18.7***
Positive mental health 54.5 35.8***
Social support 72.0 59.7**
No/casual hard drug use 79.3 70.1*
Adaptive functioning score M (SD) 5.23 (1.57) 3.83 (1.71)***
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.