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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2013 Mar 22;26(2):280–287. doi: 10.1002/jts.21796

Table 1.

Demographic and Trauma-Related Variables

Mean (SD) % of total N
Demographic Information
    Age 32.19 (15.67) --
    Race
        Caucasian -- 85.2 %
        African American -- 5.6 %
        Asian -- 3.7 %
        Bi-/multi-racial -- 5.6 %
    Ethnicity
        Hispanic -- 9.3 %
        Non-Hispanic -- 88.9 %
        Not reporting -- 1.9 %
    Education Completed
        High School or Equivalent -- 5.6 %
        Some College -- 57.4 %
        Completed 2- or 4-year college -- 3.7 %
        Some graduate/professional school -- 14.8 %
        Completed graduate/professional school -- 16.7 %
        Not reporting -- 1.9 %
Trauma-Related Variables
    Age at time of the index event 14.65 (7.5) --
    Index event occurring before the age of 18 -- 72.2 %
    Relationship to perpetrator
        Relative -- 27.8%
        Intimate partner/spouse -- 14.8 %
        Other known person -- 42.6 %
        Stranger -- 3.7 %
    Current diagnosis of PTSD -- 22.2 %

Note: PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder