Table 5.
Adjusted Odds of Emotional Abuse in Older Age with Exposure to Early Life Sexual Trauma
| Women without a history of childhood sexual abuse (N = 1562), n (%) | Women with a history of childhood sexual abuse (N = 183), n (%) | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% confidence interval) | Women without a history of unwanted first sexual experience (N = 1061), n (%) | Women with a history of unwanted first sexual experience (N = 684), n (%) | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% confidence interval) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional abuse by family or friends† | 139 (10.4) | 30 (20.0) | 2.31 (1.39–3.83)‡ | 98 (11.1) | 71 (12.0) | 1.03 (0.66–1.62) |
| Emotional abuse by partner† | 104 (10.9) | 19 (17.8) | 1.86 (1.03–3.34)‡ | 74 (12.1) | 49 (11.4) | 0.93 (0.61–1.42) |
| Emotional abuse by family, partner, or friends | 207 (23.1) | 41 (33.9) | 1.85 (1.19–2.86)‡ | 144 (23.7) | 104 (25.8) | 1.09 (0.79–1.51) |
All %s are column %s
*Adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and education
†Data were missing for 807 women for emotional abuse by partner and 230 women for emotional abuse by family or friends
‡Significant at p < 0.05