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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Transcult Nurs. 2016 Apr 19;28(3):243–250. doi: 10.1177/1043659616644960

Table 2.

Differences in the Syndemic Indicators of Hispanic Mothers Divided by Separations.

None (n = 328) Adult child (n = 60) Minor child (n = 37)



Variable n % n % n % Wald χ2
Woman’s substance use 34 10 6 10 2 5 0.92
Lifetime exposure to abuse 144 44 35 58 24 65 8.98*
Community violence 69 21 18 30 8 22 2.36
Partner violence 218 66 38 63 18 49 4.65
Consistent condom use 44 13 5 8 4 11 1.27
Partner risk 141 43 31 52 15 41 1.75
Lifetime STI history 22 7 4 7 2 5 0.09
Depression 80 24 17 28 9 24 0.43

Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection. The value in bold is statistically significant.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.