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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 2. Adversity Classification by Demographic Sub-group of Youth.

Adversity type no adversity limited adversity (1-4 types) (n = 430) Multi adversity

% low multi adversity (5- 6 types) (n = 203) % high multi adversity (7+ types) (n = 172) % any multi adversity (5 or more) (n = 375)
Child gender
 Male 14 48 22 16 38
 Female 11 46 22 21 43
Child grade in school***
 6th 13 61 14 12 26
 7th – 8th 15 48 19 17 37
 9th – 12th 10 43 25 21 47
Race and ethnicity**
 White, non-Hispanic 9 53 23 16 39
 Black, non-Hispanic 12 46 20 21 41
 Hispanic, any race 19 44 19 17 36
 Other race 10 41 28 21 49
Mental health score (Mean, SD)
 Depression*** .73 (.42) .78 (.43) .86 (.48) 1.1 (.53)a .97 (.52)
 Aggression*** .21 (.28) .29 (.25) .40 (.29)c .49 (.34)b .44 (.32)
*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.

***

p ≤ .001.

a

High multi significantly higher than all other categories at p < .001 level.

b

High multi significantly higher than limited and none at p < .001 level and from low multi at the p < .05 level.

c

Low multi significantly higher than limited and none at p < .001 level.

Note. Row percentages provided.