Table 2.

Prevalence of drug-use patterns in individuals with histories of childhood abuse or neglect and matched controls

Variable	Any abuse or neglect n = 394) %	Physical abuse (n = 64) %	Sexual abuse (n = 52) %	Neglect (n = 322) %	Controls (n = 312) %
Abstinence and low use	32.0	32.8	46.2	30.1	37.2
Adolescent and young adult limited use	30.2	35.9	17.3	31.1	30.8
Chronic-persistent use	29.4	26.6	32.7	29.5	27.9
Late use	8.4	4.7	3.8	9.3	4.2
χ2(3)	6.27	0.79	4.11	8.69*	–

Notes: χ² = chi-square tests comparing child abuse and neglect groups with the control group regarding proportion of individuals in each of the drug-use groups.

^*p ≤ .05.