Table 1. Types of Non-victimization Life Adversity and Chronic Stressors Reported by Youth.
Adversity type | % any (n = 916) | Limited adversity (1-4 types) (n = 430) | Multi adversity | Mean number of different adversities | n | ||
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% low multi adversity (5- 6 types) (n = 203) | % high multi adversity (7+ types) (n = 172) | % any multi adversity (5 or more) (n = 375) | |||||
Someone close died | 57 | 39 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 5.5 | 520 |
Someone close had bad illness | 55 | 40 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 5.6 | 500 |
Someone close had bad accident | 54 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 61 | 5.6 | 494 |
Ever had bad illness | 36 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 67 | 6.0 | 328 |
Parent arguing a lot | 34 | 26 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 6.4 | 312 |
Parent lost job | 31 | 32 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 6.1 | 282 |
Ever in bad accident | 27 | 35 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 6.1 | 250 |
Parent drug or alcohol abuse | 26 | 20 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 6.9 | 240 |
Someone close suicide attempt | 23 | 21 | 33 | 47 | 79 | 6.7 | 208 |
Parent went to prison | 18 | 15 | 31 | 54 | 85 | 7.3 | 166 |
Ever in bad natural disaster | 16 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 6.9 | 145 |
Parent in war | 11 | 14 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 7.3 | 100 |
Repeat school year | 9 | 21 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 7.4 | 81 |
Sent or taken away | 9 | 11 | 24 | 64 | 89 | 8.3 | 78 |
Live on street | 8 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 7.7 | 70 |
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Total no. adversities (Mean, SD) | 4.1 (2.9) |
p ≤ .05.
p ≤ .01.
p ≤ .001. Note. Row percentages provided.