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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Nov 17;35(2):317–325. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01347.x

Table 2.

Among 3,601 women, the number and percent reporting each type of child abuse, type and number of perpetrators for each type of abuse, and mean age in years at first occurrence

N unweighted Percent reporting Mean Age, at 1st event (SD)

Any Childhood Physical or Sexual Abuse 885 25.1

Any Childhood Physical abuse 673 19.1 7.2 (4.1)

Among women reporting physical abuse: Type of perpetrator (more than 1 is possible)
  Parent or person who raised you 491 75.2 6.2 (3.4)
  Other family member 221 30.1 7.2 (3.7)
  Not a family member 202 29.8 11.1 (4.5)

 Among physically abused:
  Number of perpetrators
  1 454 70.2
  2+ 205 29.8

Any Childhood Sexual abuse 433 12.3 9.4 (4.5)

Among women reporting physical abuse: Type of perpetrator (more than 1 is possible)
  Parent or person who raised you 96 22.2 9.1 (3.5)
  Other family member 179 42.9 8.1 (3.8)
  Not a family member 266 59.6 11.0 (4.7)

Among women reporting sexual abuse:
  Number of perpetrators
  1 327 77.5
  2+ 100 22.5

Among women reporting any child abuse
  Injury related to child abuse-- 661 75.8
  No 211 24.2
  Yes

Type of abuse – composite variable 1
 No Childhood abuse 2732 75.2
 Physical abuse only 436 12.4
 Sexual abuse (with or w/o physical abuse) 433 12.4

Type of abuse—composite variable 2
No child abuse 2732 75.2
Physical abuse only 436 12.4
Sexual abuse only 208 5.8
Physical and sexual abuse 221 6.5