Table 2.

Total Number of ACEs Indicated by First Time Mother Study Participants

ACE	Description	n (%)
ACE 1	Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you? Or afraid that you might be physically hurt?	29
ACE 2	Push, grab, slap, or throw something at you? Or ever hit you so hard that you had marks or were injured?	24
ACE 3	Person at least 5 years older than you ever… Touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way?	26
ACE 4	No one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? or Your family didn’t look out for each other	30
ACE 5	You didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes? Or Your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you	12
ACE 6	Parents ever separated or divorced?	33
ACE 7	Mother or stepmother often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped… kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard…threatened with gun or knife?	19
ACE 8	Problem drinker or alcoholic, or who used street drugs?	43
ACE 9	Family member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household…attempted suicide	49
ACE 10	Family member in prison	17