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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Sep 20;98:104171. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104171

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics by childhood maltreatment latent classes.

“No/Low Maltreatment” Class “Physical Abuse Only” Class “Multi-Type Maltreatment” Class “Physical Neglect Only” Class “Sexual Abuse Only” Class
(N = 10,322) (N = 1,499) (N = 1,085) (N = 271) (N = 89)
Sampled Frequency (Weighted Percent) P

Sex
 Male 4,647 (48.7) 762 (53.5) 578 (57.3) 142 (56.8) 11 (15.5) <.001
 Female 5,675 (51.3) 737 (46.5) 507 (42.7) 129 (43.2) 78 (84.5)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 5,856 (70.2) 764 (64.8) 489 (56.7) 124 (59.1) 48 (66.9)
 Non-Hispanic black 2,142 (15.3) 285 (14.1) 263 (21.8) 70 (19.7) 20 (18.7) <.001
 Other 2,293 (14.5) 446 (21.2) 331 (21.5) 77 (21.1) 20 (14.4)
Percent federal poverty level
 < 100% 1,174 (14.7) 166 (15.3) 204 (26.7) 48 (20.6) 16 (20.1)
 100–199% 1,606 (19.6) 243 (21.1) 209 (26.5) 58 (29.5) 24 (29.2) <.001
 200–399% 3,018 (39.6) 488 (41.2) 248 (30.5) 57 (29.4) 18 (32.1)
 ≥ 400% 2,040 (26.1) 251 (22.4) 128 (16.4) 38 (20.4) 10 (18.6)
Highest parental education
 Less than high school 1,127 (11.0) 159 (11.0) 184 (19.1) 46 (17.7) 12 (7.4)
 High school graduate or equivalent 2,791 (30.4) 382 (30.7) 336 (35.4) 101 (44.7) 34 (49.7) <.001
 Some college/trade school 2,060 (21.4) 357 (25.3) 214 (21.2) 45 (15.3) 17 (18.3)
 Graduated college or above 3,893 (37.2) 541 (32.9) 267 (24.2) 64 (22.3) 20 (24.6)
Binge eating-related concerns 711 (6.7) 128 (7.3) 138 (12.9) 28 (9.5) 11 (16.3) <.001
Compensatory behaviors 410 (3.9) 74 (4.5) 55 (4.1) 11 (3.1) 9 (9.3) .28
Fasting/skipping meals 873 (8.0) 148 (10.0) 141 (13.5) 27 (8.4) 8 (7.0) <.001

Mean (Standard Error) P

Age (years) 21.80 (0.12) 22.08 (0.13) 21.84 (0.15) 21.56 (0.21) 21.84 (0.28) .01
Self-esteem in adolescence 1.86 (0.01) 1.97 (0.02) 1.99 (0.02) 1.77 (0.05) 2.05 (0.09) <.001

Higher self-esteem scores indicate lower levels of self-esteem.