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. 2013 Jan;131(1):71–78. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1029

TABLE 1.

Sociodemographics (n = 5681)

% (n)a
Wave 2 age, y, mean (SD) 16.0 (0.10); range, 12–18 y
Wave 3 age, y, mean (SD) 21.4 (0.10); range, 18–25 y
Sex
 Male 47.7 (2519)
 Female 52.3 (3162)
Race
 White, non-Hispanic 69.3 (3195)
 Black, non-Hispanic 13.5 (1074)
 Hispanic 10.8 (864)
 Other 6.4 (548)
Parental education
 ≤8th grade 2.7 (190)
 Some high school 7.9 (447)
 High school graduate 30.5 (1639)
 Some postsecondary 22.8 (1236)
 College graduate 24.5 (1426)
 Postcollege 11.6 (743)
Child maltreatment
 Yes 33.1 (1906)
 No 66.9 (3775)
Pubertal status
 2 SD above mean 1.6 (86)
 1 SD above mean 14.8 (851)
 Within ±1 SD of mean 71.8 (4095)
 1 SD below mean 10.7 (584)
 2 SD below mean 1.1 (65)
Wave 2 TDV victimizationb
 PVO 19.8 (1143)
 Physical only 2.4 (128)
 PPV 8.6 (483)
 None 69.2 (3927)
a

Unless otherwise noted. Percentages and means are weighted, number of subjects is unweighted.

b

At Wave 2, 28.4% of participants experienced either psychological violence only (19.8%) or both physical and psychological violence victimization (8.6%), and 69.2% reported no violence victimization. The remaining 2.4% reported physical violence victimization only (ie, no psychological victimization). Previous studies have found comparable past year prevalence rates for individuals reporting physical violence only.1,38