Table 2.
Number and Percentage of Female Adolescents Experiencing 16 Somatic Symptoms During the Past Year as a Function of Lifetime Experiences of Sexual Violence and Other Violence Exposures over the Past Year (n=8531)
| Both Sexual* and Non-Sexual Violence† (n=404) | Sexual Violence* Only (n=234) | Non-Sexual Violence† Only (n=3064) | No Violence (n=4829) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Headaches | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 209 (53) | 121 (54) | 1229 (41) | 1649 (35) | |||
| Few times | 184 (44) | 103 (41) | 1675 (55) | 2880 (60) | |||
| Never | 11 (3.2) | 10 (4.9) | 160 (4.6) | 300 (5.6) | |||
| Feeling hot | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 50 (11) | 29 (13) | 305 (10) | 272 (5.7) | |||
| Few times | 167 (42) | 89 (37) | 1154 (37) | 1586 (34) | |||
| Never | 187 (47) | 116 (50) | 1605 (53) | 2971 (61) | |||
| Stomach ache | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 138 (36) | 75 (31) | 798 (25) | 868 (19) | |||
| Few times | 246 (59) | 135 (58) | 1969 (66) | 3451 (71) | |||
| Never | 20 (4.4) | 24 (11) | 297 (9) | 510 (10) | |||
| Cold sweats | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 16 (4.8) | 4 (2.4) | 101 (3.1) | 72 (1.6) | |||
| Few times | 81 (21) | 46 (15) | 615 (20) | 806 (17) | |||
| Never | 307 (74) | 184 (83) | 2348 (77) | 3951 (81) | |||
| Physically weak | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 84 (20) | 41 (18) | 409 (12) | 409 (8.4) | |||
| Few times | 184 (45) | 107 (46) | 1217 (39) | 1867 (38) | |||
| Never | 136 (35) | 86 (36) | 1438 (49) | 2553 (54) | |||
| Sore throat/cough | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 72 (17) | 31 (15) | 435 (14) | 445 (9.7) | |||
| Few times | 273 (70) | 164 (69) | 2089 (68) | 3566 (75) | |||
| Never | 59 (13) | 39 (16) | 540 (18) | 818 (15) | |||
| Very tired | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 157 (41) | 80 (35) | 928 (29) | 1017 (21) | |||
| Few times | 162 (38) | 84 (32) | 1210 (40) | 2052 (43) | |||
| Never | 85 (21) | 70 (32) | 926 (31) | 1760 (36) | |||
| Painful urination | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 21 (6.7) | 10 (4.4) | 130 (4.0) | 115 (2.6) | |||
| Few times | 72 (17) | 45 (22) | 452 (16) | 506 (11) | |||
| Never | 311 (77) | 179 (74) | 2482 (80) | 4208 (87) | |||
| Wake up tired | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 220 (56) | 111 (52) | 1422 (46) | 1885 (39) | |||
| Few times | 139 (34) | 103 (40) | 1161 (38) | 2079 (43) | |||
| Never | 45 (10) | 20 (8.6) | 481 (16) | 865 (18) | |||
| Skin problems/acne | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 138 (35) | 78 (36) | 995 (33) | 1429 (30) | |||
| Few times | 167 (43) | 109 (45) | 1319 (44) | 2332 (49) | |||
| Never | 99 (23) | 47 (19) | 750 (23) | 1068 (21) | |||
| Dizzy | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 62 (17) | 28 (9.6) | 297 (10) | 326 (6.7) | |||
| Few times | 167 (41) | 96 (41) | 1132 (37) | 1538 (33) | |||
| Never | 175 (43) | 110 (49) | 1635 (54) | 2920 (60) | |||
| Chest pain | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 41 (8.2) | 21 (8.1) | 189 (6.6) | 142 (2.9) | |||
| Few times | 126 (30) | 61 (25) | 848 (27) | 997 (20) | |||
| Never | 237 (61) | 152 (67) | 2027 (66) | 3690 (77) | |||
| Muscle/joint pain | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 145 (37) | 74 (28) | 801 (27) | 1001 (21) | |||
| Few times | 195 (47) | 114 (52) | 1582 (52) | 2740 (58) | |||
| Never | 64 (16) | 46 (21) | 681 (22) | 1088 (22) | |||
| Menstrual cramps | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 169 (42) | 74 (32) | 958 (29) | 1164 (23) | |||
| Few times | 182 (43) | 122 (50) | 1577 (53) | 2738 (57) | |||
| Never | 53 (14) | 38 (18) | 529 (18) | 927 (20) | |||
| Poor appetite | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 120 (36) | 65 (23) | 608 (19) | 636 (13) | |||
| Few times | 147 (33) | 65 (33) | 1047 (35) | 1831 (38) | |||
| Never | 137 (31) | 104 (44) | 1409 (46) | 2362 (49) | |||
| Insomnia | |||||||
| Once a week or more | 159 (41) | 69 (30) | 893 (29) | 1053 (22) | |||
| Few times | 139 (33) | 86 (37) | 1035 (34) | 1819 (38) | |||
| Never | 106 (27) | 79 (32) | 1136 (37) | 1957 (40) | |||
Note: All percentages are adjusted for sampling probability; sample sizes are unweighted.
‡
Sexual violence is defined as having ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse against your will.
†
Non-sexual violence includes at least one or more of the following types of violence in the past 12 months: participating in a physical fight; having a knife or gun pulled on you, being jumped, shot or stabbed; and observing a shooting or stabbing.