TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Substance Abuse History, and History of Violence: Low-Income Women Seeking Emergency Care in the Bronx, NY, 2001–2003
| Total (n = 241) | Participants Not Meeting PTSD Criteria (n = 169) | Participants Meeting PTSD Criteria (n = 72) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 33 (10) | 33 (10) | 33 (10) |
| Race/ethnicity, no. (%) | |||
| Latina | 119 (49) | 81 (48) | 38 (53) |
| African American | 105 (44) | 75 (44) | 30 (42) |
| Other | 17 (7) | 13 (8) | 4 (6) |
| High school diploma, no. (%) | 127 (53) | 93 (55) | 34 (47) |
| Employed in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 111 (46) | 86 (51) | 25* (35) |
| Homeless in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 38 (16) | 23 (14) | 15 (21) |
| Substance abuse in past 6 mo, no. (%) | |||
| Heavy episode drinking | 57 (24) | 30 (18) | 27** (38) |
| Illicit drug use | 104 (43) | 61 (36) | 43** (60) |
| History of violence, no. (%) | |||
| Childhood sexual abuse (before age 16 y) | 99 (41) | 50 (30) | 49** (68) |
| Lifetime sexual IPV | 167 (69) | 107 (63) | 60** (83) |
| Lifetime physical or injurious IPV | 165 (68) | 103 (61) | 62** (86) |
Note. IPV = intimate partner violence; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
*P < .05; **P < .01.