Table 2.

Prevalence of potentially trauma event (PTE) experiences among participants (14–19 years) overall and by gender (n = 767)

	Overall (n = 767)		Adolescent Men (n = 325)		Adolescent Women (n = 442)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Experienced at least one PTE	765	99.7	325	100.0	440	99.6	0.511
High trauma score (≥7) (alpha = 0.63)	348	45.4	151	46.5	197	44.6	0.603
Separated from mom (e.g. lived with another relative or in foster care)	253	33.0	118	36.3	135	30.5	0.093
Parents separated	370	48.2	153	47.1	217	49.1	0.581
Parents argued frequently or more than usual	259	33.8	111	34.2	148	33.5	0.846
Changed schools (not because of graduation) or moved to a new home	245	31.9	123	37.9	122	27.6	0.003
Parent/guardian lost job	342	44.6	139	42.8	203	45.9	0.385
Lost home or had no home	65	8.5	38	11.7	27	6.1	0.006
Family member or someone close had HIV/AIDS	287	37.4	85	26.2	202	45.7	<0.001
Family member or someone close died of HIV/AIDS	273	35.6	91	28.0	182	41.2	0.001
Family member or someone close died	569	74.2	243	74.8	326	73.8	0.751
Family member or someone close was very sick or had a bad injury	524	68.3	230	70.8	294	66.5	0.211
Experienced race/ethnicity discrimination	183	23.9	77	23.7	106	24.0	0.926
Family struggled with money	355	46.3	147	45.2	208	47.1	0.616
Seen an act of violence towards someone else (not in family)	538	70.1	248	76.3	290	65.6	0.001
Experienced an act of violence by someone not in your family	316	41.2	147	45.2	169	38.2	0.052
Seen an act of violence in the family	324	42.2	136	41.9	188	42.5	0.849
Experienced an act of violence by someone in your family	240	31.3	107	32.9	133	30.1	0.403
Deliberately inflicted harm on another person	293	38.2	166	51.1	127	28.7	<0.001
Experienced forced Sex	98	12.8	35	10.8	63	14.3	0.153
Experienced forcing someone to have sex	30	3.9	24	7.4	6	1.4	<0.001

Note: p-values in bold are significant (>.05)