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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 Aug;25(3):1169–1182. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0112

Table 2.

UNADJUSTED AND ADJUSTED RISK OF HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS WHO, AS A CHILD, LIVED WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS INCARCERATED COMPARED TO ADULTS WHO DID NOT, 2009–2010 BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (BRFSS)

Poor overall HRQOLa
Poor physical health
Poor mental health
RR ARR (95% CI)b RR ARR (95% CI)b RR ARR (95% CI)b
No exposure to household incarceration during childhood 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
Exposure to household incarceration during childhood 1.70 (1.54, 1.88) 1.18 (1.07, 1.31) 1.42 (1.23, 1.64) 1.15 (0.99, 1.33) 2.38 (2.08, 2.72) 1.22 (1.06, 1.41)
No high school degree 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
High school or GED 0.71 (0.66, 0.77) 0.63 (0.57, 0.70) 0.66 (0.57, 0.77)
Some college/college degree 0.50 (0.46, 0.54) 0.42 (0.38, 0.46) 0.46 (0.40, 0.53)
Age 18–30 years 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
Age 31–44 years 1.05 (0.93, 1.19) 1.57 (1.26, 1.96) 1.03 (0.88, 1.21)
Age 45–64 years 1.39 (1.25, 1.55) 2.96 (2.43, 3.61) 1.16 (1.02, 1.34)
Age 65+ years 1.57 (1.41, 1.75) 3.65 (3.00, 4.44) 0.73 (0.63, 0.85)
0 other ACEs 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
1 other ACE 1.22 (1.12, 1.32) 1.14 (1.03, 1.26) 1.53 (1.33, 1.76)
2 other ACEs 1.56 (1.43, 1.70) 1.52 (1.37, 1.70) 2.29 (1.99, 2.64)
3–7 other ACEs 2.18 (2.04, 2.34) 2.09 (1.90, 2.29) 3.46 (3.08, 3.90)
a

Defined as ≥14 poor physical or mental health days of the past 30 days.

b

Adjusted for age, education, and number of additional adverse childhood experiences.

RR=Risk Ratio

ARR=Adjusted Risk Ratio

CI=Confidence Interval

ACE=Adverse Childhood Experiences