Table 2.

Demographics of the Trauma-Exposed and Control Groups

	Trauma-exposed
	Single event		Multiple events		Hurricane		Control
	n = 62		n = 85		n = 137		n = 46
Variable	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %
Age	5.2	1.1	5.1	1.1	5.1	1.0	4.7	1.0
Sex: males	42	68	55	65	78	57	29	63
Ethnicity
African-American	51	82	53	62	85	62	38	83
Caucasian	7	11	15	18	39	28	3	7
Mixed Race	3	5	13	15	8	6	3	7
Other Race	1	2	4	5	5	4	2	4
Age of mother	28.9	6.5	31.2	8.2	34.5	10.9	28.6	6.5
Age of father	30.4	5.4	33.6	7.2	34.1	8.8	31.0	9.1
Years education of mother	12.4	2.3	12.0	2.3	13.7	2.5	12.2	1.9
Years education of father	11.9	2.3	11.7	1.9	13.0	2.7	12.0	1.9
Father lives in home	14	23	6	7	46	34	17	37
Mother employed	37	60	24	28	69	50	24	52
Duration first trauma to assessment*	14.1		36.5		21.6
Duration last trauma to assessment*	3.6		18.9		16.8

^*Medians