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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2015 Jun 6;43:63–71. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.008

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

% 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

Total no. adversities (Mean, SD) 4.1 (2.9)
*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.

***

p ≤ .001. Note. Row percentages provided.