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. 2020 Jul;110(7):1024–1030. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305637

TABLE 2—

Prevalence and Adjusted Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) With Experiencing Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), Counts, Weighted Proportions, and AORs: Probability Sample of Sexual Minorities, United States, 2016–2018

Experienced SOCE
ACEs No, No. (%; SE) or Mean ±SE Yes, No. (%; SE) or Mean ±SE P Multivariable,a AOR (95% CI)
Household substance use
 No 771 (94.4; 0.010) 48 (5.6; 0.010) .11 1 (Ref)
 Yes 639 (91.8; 0.013) 60 (8.2; 0.013) 1.56 (0.92, 2.65)
Parental separation or divorce
 No 928 (93.6; 0.009) 72 (6.4; 0.009) .45 1 (Ref)
 Yes 482 (92.3; 0.015) 36 (7.7; 0.015) 1.38 (0.83, 2.30)
Parental mental illness
 No 789 (94.0; 0.010) 50 (6.0; 0.010) .23 1 (Ref)
 Yes 621 (92.1; 0.013) 58 (7.9; 0.013) 1.76 (1.05, 2.94)
Incarcerated household member
 No 1218 (93.3; 0.009) 90 (6.7; 0.009) .59 1 (Ref)
 Yes 192 (92.1; 0.023) 18 (7.9; 0.023) 1.17 (0.57, 2.39)
Parental partner violence
 No 960 (94.5; 0.009) 62 (5.5; 0.009) .02 1 (Ref)
 Yes 450 (90.5; 0.016) 46 (9.5; 0.016) 1.86 (1.13, 3.05)
Emotional abuse
 No 478 (96.1; 0.011) 22 (3.9; 0.011) .01 1 (Ref)
 Yes 932 (91.9; 0.011) 86 (8.1; 0.011) 2.48 (1.31, 4.70)
Physical abuse
 No 870 (94.7; 0.009) 49 (5.3; 0.009) .02 1 (Ref)
 Yes 540 (90.9; 0.014) 59 (9.1; 0.014) 1.87 (1.11, 3.13)
Sexual abuse
 No 907 (95.4; 0.008) 47 (4.6; 0.008) < .001 1 (Ref)
 Yes 503 (89.1; 0.017) 61 (10.9; 0.017) 2.95 (1.75, 5.00)
No. of ACEs 3.3 ±0.07 4.2 ±0.31 .01 1.25 (1.10, 1.42)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Percentages and means are weighted. Sample size was n = 1518.

a

All multivariable models were weighted and adjusted for age, gender identity, sexual identity, education, and race/ethnicity.