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. 2018 Aug 30;3:106. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14716.1

Table 2. Prevalence estimates for the ACE measures in the ACE-derived group as well as the imputed sample.

Variable ACE-derived group (participants
with data for at least 50% of ACE
questions between 0–16 years)
Imputed data (N=12087)
N Mean (SE) for
continuous variables
% for categorical
variables
Mean (SE) for
continuous variables
% for categorical
variables
ACE-score 3598 1.77 (0.03) 2.18 (0.02)
Categorical ACE-score
                                         0
                                         1
                                     2–3
                                      4+
3598
22.3
28.7
35.1
13.9

17.4
25.2
36.1
21.4
physical abuse 6447 14.9 17.6
sexual abuse 9120 2.8 3.7
emotional abuse 6921 19.3 22.5
emotional neglect 5716 19.3 22.1
bullying 7071 24.2 25.3
parents violent towards
each other
6419 19.1 24.1
substance household 7371 9.4 13.7
parental mental health
problems
7381 42.7 47.0
parent convicted 7656 7 9.4
parental separation 6603 25.3 32.2
Extended ACE-score 1109 3.00 (0.07) 3.58 (0.02)
Extended categorical
ACE-score
                                      0–1
                                         2
                                     3–5
                                        6+
1109

25.4
23.2
39
12.4


29.1
22.5
47.1
1.4
social class 5605 9.6 11.7
financial difficulties 7629 13.6 18.4
satisfaction with
neighbourhood
8805 8.9 10.8
social support parent 6703 10.8 12.6
social support child 7935 11.1 13.8
violence between child
and partner
4003 10.8 13.9
physical illness of the
child
9292 8.9 9.9
physical illness of a
parent
5875 24.1 27.1
parent-child bond 6842 19.4 22.5