Table 3. Sex-specific prevalence of unemployment and reporting ≥4 adverse childhood experiences among respondents aged 18–64 years, by selected characteristic.
| Unemploymenta | ≥4 ACEs | |||
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| Men (N = 6,393) % (95 % CI) | Women (N = 11,076) % (95 % CI) | Men (N = 6,393) % (95 % CI) | Women (N = 11,076) (95 % CI) | |
| Total | 9.5 (8.0–11.0) | 7.4 (6.5–8.2) | 15.1 (13.4–16.9) | 19.3 (18.1–20.6) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–34 | 12.6 (9.1–16.2) | 9.7 (7.8–11.6) | 19.1 (15.3–22.8) | 26.1 (23.2–29.0) |
| 35–44 | 9.3 (6.1–12.4) | 7.4 (5.5–9.3) | 16.8 (12.7–20.9) | 17.8 (15.5–20.1) |
| 45–54 | 8.1 (6.3–10.0) | 6.0 (4.8–7.3) | 11.6 (9.6–13.6) | 17.4 (15.5–19.3) |
| 55–64 | 6.3 (5.0–7.6) | 5.3 (4.2–6.4) | 10.2 (8.1–12.4) | 13.3 (11.7–14.8) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 8.6 (6.9–10.3) | 6.6 (5.6–7.5) | 14.6 (12.6–16.7) | 19.9 (18.5–21.4) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 16.3 (9.8–22.8) | 9.4 (7.0–11.9) | 16.9 (10.4–23.5) | 12.1 (9.0–15.1) |
| Hispanic | 10.2 (6.8–13.5) | 8.5 (5.9–11.1) | 17.4 (13.0–21.8) | 20.5 (16.6–24.3) |
| Others | 8.9 (5.1–12.7) | 12.5 (7.5–17.5) | 15.3 (10.4–20.3) | 26.9 (20.9–32.9) |
| Education level (years) | ||||
| <12 | 13.2 (6.5–20.0) | 16.5 (11.4–21.5) | 29.1 (18.8–39.5) | 30.4 (24.6–36.3) |
| 12 | 14.8 (10.9–18.7) | 10.2 (8.1–12.4) | 15.6 (12.4–18.8) | 18.2 (15.9–20.6) |
| >12 | 6.7 (5.4–7.9) | 5.2 (4.4–5.9) | 13.1 (11.2–14.9) | 18.5 (17.1–19.9) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 6.3 (4.7–7.9) | 4.8 (4.0–5.7) | 13.8 (11.6–16.1) | 16.5 (15.0–17.9) |
| Divorced, widowed, separated | 13.4 (9.9–16.9) | 10.0 (7.9–12.0) | 17.6 (14.2–21.1) | 25.3 (22.8–27.9) |
| Never married | 16.8 (12.4–21.3) | 14.0 (11.0–16.9) | 17.4 (13.3–21.5) | 22.9 (19.3–26.6) |
| Frequency of social support | ||||
| Rarely/never | 14.3 (9.3–19.2) | 13.9 (9.7–18.1) | 23.0 (17.6–28.3) | 29.9 (24.8–35.0) |
| Sometimes | 16.8 (10.4–23.2) | 11.1 (7.9–14.3) | 20.6 (15.0–26.2) | 30.7 (26.4–35.0) |
| Always/usually | 7.9 (6.4–9.4) | 6.3 (5.4–7.1) | 13.5 (11.5–15.4) | 16.7 (15.5–18.0) |
2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington
a
Unemployment includes unemployed <1 or ≥1 year