Table 1.
Proportion of participants reporting adverse life events and t-test statistics for differences in delinquency between those who have experienced an adverse event and those who have not, by sex
| |
Male n = 1,566 |
Female n = 1,498 |
Total n = 3,064 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | t ( df) | % | t ( df ) | % | |
| In the last month, family did not have enough fooda, b |
29.4 |
-7.9 (1530) |
27.4 |
-8.1 (1456) |
28.5 |
| In the last three months, family suffered because parent(s) were out of a joba, b |
37.7 |
-9.7 (1487) |
38.1 |
-9.9 (1394) |
37.9 |
| Ever lived with a problem drinker or alcoholica, b |
11.8 |
-10.3 (1506) |
12.2 |
-9.4 (1434) |
12.0 |
| Parents ever divorced or separateda, b, c |
11.9 |
-10.1 (1529) |
9.6 |
-9.1 (1453) |
10.8 |
| Ever lost your home because of a disaster?a |
11.2 |
-5.9 (1466) |
12.5 |
-4.8 (1399) |
11.8 |
| Ever witnessed mother/mother figure being beatena, b |
10.9 |
-2.9 (1530) |
12.4 |
-0.2 (1455) |
11.7 |
| Ever kicked out of the home by a parent/guardian?a, b |
4.5 |
-11.0 (1513) |
3.2 |
-7.3 (1442) |
3.9 |
| Ever had a parent or adult living in same home inflict injurya, b |
10.5 |
-7.1 (1501) |
9.8 |
-9.4 (1439) |
10.1 |
| Ever been touched in unwanted sexual waya, b, c |
1.3 |
-2.2 (1531) |
5.6 |
-10.2 (1456) |
3.4 |
| Ever been physically forced to have sexual intercoursea, b, c |
0.5 |
-3.1 (1530) |
2.7 |
-11.5 (1453) |
1.6 |
| Number of adverse experiences (χ
2
(3, N=3,064) = 0.12) |
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
45.8 |
- |
45.4 |
- |
45.6 |
| One |
17.2 |
- |
17.3 |
- |
17.2 |
| Two |
18.1 |
- |
18.5 |
- |
18.3 |
| Three or more | 18.9 | - | 18.8 | - | 18.9 |
a, bp < .05 for differences in delinquency between males (a) and females (b) who have experienced the adverse event and those who have not based on t-tests.
cp < .05 for differences between males and females based on chi-square tests.