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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2020 Nov 16;34(1):124–136. doi: 10.1002/jts.22617

Table 2.

Childhood Adversity (CA) and Adulthood Traumatic Experiences (ATEs), by Gender

Gender
Total Women Men Statistical test Cramer’s V ϕ p
Cumulative CA na %b na %b na %b
  0 10,350 66.5 6,422 70.7 3,928 60.5
  1 3,849 24.7 2,054 22.6 1,795 27.7
  2 1,080 6.9 506 5.6 574 8.8 χ2(3, N = 15,576) = 226.75 .12 < .001
  3–4 297 1.9 102 1.1 195 3.0
  Missing 141 0.9
Cumulative ATEs
  0 5,926 37.7 3,489 38.1 2,437 37.2
  1 4,806 30.6 2,815 30.7 1991 30.4
  2 2,954 18.8 1,726 18.8 1,228 18.7
  3 1,383 8.8 779 8.5 604 9.2 χ2(4, N = 15,717) = 6.49 .02 .166
  ≥ 4 648 4.1 355 3.9 293 4.5
Specific types of CA
  Repeat school year 2,460 15.7 1,055 11.6 1,405 21.5 χ2(1, N = 15,664) = 285.41 −.14 < .001
  Missing 53 0.3
  Trouble with police 874 5.6 142 1.6 732 11.2 χ2(1, N = 15,642) = 671.26 −.21 < .001
  Missing 75 0.5
  Parental substance abuse 2,551 16.3 1,508 16.5 1,043 15.0 χ2(1, N = 15,650) = 0.77 .01 .382
  Missing 67 0.4
  Parental physical abuse 1,101 7.0 702 7.7 399 6.1 χ2(1, N = 15,649) = 14.1 .03 < .001
  Missing 68 0.4 - -
Specific ATEs
  Child died 2,461 15.7 1,577 17.2 884 13.5 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 39.73 .05 < .001
  Major disaster 2,544 16.2 1,412 15.4 1,132 17.3 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 9.67 .02 .002
  Military combat 838 5.3 28 0.3 810 12.4 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 1,097.70 .26 < .001
  Family member with substance addiction 2,828 17.0 1,963 21.4 865 13.2 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 174.43 .11 < .001
  Physical attack 948 6.0 586 6.4 362 5.5 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 4.96 .02 .026
  Illness/accident 3,874 24.7 1,958 21.4 1,916 29.2 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 127.07 .09 < .001
  Family member illness/accident 4,163 26.5 2,609 28.5 1,554 23.7 χ2(1, N = 15,717) = 44.14 .05 < .001

Note.

a

Number of observations.

b

Percentages for “missing” information is based on all cases; percentages for exposure items are based on observed cases only.