Table 3. Gender Differences in Prevalence of Traumatic Events Reported on the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (N = 129).
| Event | Mena % (n) |
Womenb % (n) |
PR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural disaster | 29 (15) | 17 (13) | 1.77 (0.92, 3.39) |
| Accident | 57 (29) | 58 (45) | 0.99 (0.73, 1.30) |
| Combat | 2 (1) | 0 | -- |
| Serious illness (e.g., HIV, cancer) | 37 (19) | 44 (34) | 0.86 (0.55, 1.32) |
| Death of loved one | 80 (41) | 86 (67) | 0.94 (0.80, 1.10) |
| Injury/illness of loved one | 45 (23) | 39 (30) | 1.17 (0.78, 1.78) |
| Witness family violence | 45 (23) | 63 (49) | 0.72 (0.51, 1.02) |
| Childhood physical assault | 31 (16) | 30 (23) | 1.06 (0.63, 1.81) |
| Adult physical assault | 90 (46) | 72 (56) | 1.26 (1.06, 1.48) |
| Intimate partner violence | 24 (12) | 69 (54) | 0.34 (0.20, 0.57) |
| Witness physical assault | 57 (29) | 49 (38) | 1.17 (0.84, 1.62) |
| Threatened with physical assault | 51 (26) | 47 (37) | 1.08 (0.75, 1.54) |
| Childhood sexual assault | 24 (12) | 33 (26) | 0.71 (0.39, 1.27) |
| Young adult sexual assault | 4 (2) | 37 (29) | 0.11 (0.03, 0.42) |
| Adult sexual assault | 0 | 36 (28) | -- |
| Other threats | 29 (15) | 45 (35) | 0.66 (0.40, 1.07) |
| Other (e.g., miscarriage, finding dead bodies, violent death of pet, witness drug overdose) | 59 (30) | 76 (59) | 0.78 (0.60, 1.01) |
Note. The reference category is women. Dash indicates that the prevalence ratio could not be calculated. PR = Prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval.
a
n = 51.
b
n = 78.