Table 3.

Trauma and adverse life events stratified by ethnocultural background (n=172).

	Non-Aboriginal (n=89)	Aboriginal (n=83)
Childhood
Had sex with an adult before 14*	34.1%	53.4%
Had a teen pregnancy (<18 years of age)*	30.6%	51.3%
Ever witnessed the sexual abuse of another family member*	15.7%	33.3%
Ever witnessed the physical abuse of another family member	64.3%	64.0%
CATS sexual abuse severity score (± SEM)*	5.17 ± 0.5	7.03 ± 0.8
Lifetime
One or both parents ever had a drug/alcohol problem *	56.5%	79.2%
One or both parents ever had a psychological problem *	63.5%	47.3%
Victim of violence or crime in the past year*	35.6%	50.6%
Emotional abuse	85.1%	82.9%
Sexual abuse	69.0%	74.4%
Physical abuse*	76.7%	91.5%

Groups were compared using Student’s t-tests and Chi-square analysis. Values represent the group percentage, or mean ± SEM.

*** sample for this comparison consisted of women who had a pregnancy lifetime, n=63.

*Significant differences between groups p<0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons.