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. 2019 Jun 28;15:100942. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100942

Table 2.

Raw distribution of variables for the 329 Philadelphia participants in the witnessing and non-witnessing exposure categories before and after balancing with propensity score analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting.


Before propensity score weighting, n (%)
After propensity score weighting, %
Variable Responses (N = 329) Non-witness (n = 145) Witness (n = 184) Non-witness (n = 145) Witness (n = 184)
Sex 329
 Male 33 (49.3) 34 (50.8) 32.1 67.9
 Female 53.3 46.7
Race 319
 White 71 (50.7) 69 (49.3) 49.1 50.9
 Black 61 (43.7) 82 (57.3) 52.5 47.5
 Other 10 (27.8) 26 (72.2) 48.6 51.4
 Missing 3 (30.0) 7 (70.0)
Grow up in Philadelphia 329 95 (40.4) 140 (59.6) 50.5 49.5
≥2 Household ACEs 326 15 (14.7) 87 (85.3) 51.2 48.8
≥1 Community ACEs 328 25 (25.8) 72 (74.2) 48.2 51.8
≥4 Total ACEs 325 8 (10.1) 71 (89.9) 48.9 51.1
During childhood…
 Physical abuse 328 38 (25.2) 113 (74.8) 52.0 48.0
 Sexual abuse 328 13 (20.0) 52 (80.0) 48.2 57.8
 Verbal abuse 328 29 (21.2) 108 (78.8) 53.2 46.8
 Abuse w/injury 328 6 (9.2) 59 (90.8) 31.8 68.2
 Food insecurity 329 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6) 11.2 88.8
 Felt neighborhood was unsafe 329 27 (36.0) 48 (64.0) 47.0 53.0
 Was bullied 329 50 (32.5) 104 (67.5) 47.1 52.9
 Witnessed community violence 329 66 (35.3) 121 (64.7) 50.5 49.5
 Had adult who made you feel special 328 3 (17.7) 14 (82.4) 14.0 86.0
 Lived in foster care 328 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0) 19.4 80.6
 Felt discriminated against 329 34 (35.4) 62 (64.6) 47.6 52.4
During childhood…
 Adult in home had mental illness 327 17 (23.9) 54 (74.1) 35.0 65.0
 Adult in home abused alcohol 326 124 (53.7) 107 (46.3) 48.2 51.8
 Adult in home used drugs 328 132 (49.8) 133 (50.2) 42.3 57.7
 Adult in home served time in prison 328 135 (46.9) 153 (53.1) 44.1 55.9