TABLE 2—
Prevalence of Exposure to Each Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) by Generation: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2019
| ACEs | Generation, % (95% CI) | P | |||
| Baby Boomers | Generation X | Millennials | Generation Z | ||
| Household depression | 12.28 (11.52, 13.04) | 17.84* (16.69, 18.99) | 26.37* (24.85, 27.88) | 31.47* (28.01, 34.93) | < .001 |
| Household alcoholism | 21.95 (21.06, 22.83) | 23.41 (22.19, 24.63) | 23.94 (22.52, 25.35) | 22.89 (19.84, 25.94) | .17 |
| Household drug use | 6.25 (5.73, 6.76) | 12.04* (11.05, 13.02) | 17.04* (15.80, 18.27) | 15.74* (13.39, 18.10) | < .001 |
| Household incarceration | 4.18 (3.64, 4.71) | 7.85* (7.03, 8.68) | 13.86* (12.65, 15.08) | 16.43* (13.88, 18.99) | < .001 |
| Parental divorce | 19.87 (18.97, 20.76) | 35.64* (34.15, 37.12) | 42.38* (40.62, 44.14) | 40.87* (37.18, 44.55) | < .001 |
| Interparental violence | 15.63 (14.82, 16.45) | 19.10* (17.91, 20.30) | 17.77* (16.48, 19.06) | 17.38 (14.70, 20.05) | < .001 |
| Physical abuse | 23.74 (22.78, 24.71) | 26.74* (25.36, 28.12) | 24.67 (23.12, 26.22) | 23.45 (20.37, 26.53) | .017 |
| Emotional abuse | 29.99 (28.94, 31.03) | 35.28* (33.87, 36.70) | 41.77* (40.02, 43.53) | 44.53* (40.73, 48.33) | < .001 |
| Touched sexually | 10.87 (10.16, 11.58) | 13.19* (12.17, 14.22) | 11.15 (10.00, 12.31) | 8.9 (6.94, 10.86) | < .001 |
| Forced to touch sexually | 7.40 (6.82, 7.97) | 10.41* (9.49, 11.33) | 9.04* (7.99, 10.09) | 7.41 (5.47, 9.35) | < .001 |
| Rape | 4.37 (3.93, 4.82) | 6.44* (5.68, 7.20) | 5.54 (4.66, 6.42) | 4.19 (2.66, 5.72) | < .001 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer plus. Percentages are weighted using the design variables for the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The P values are for the goodness-of-fit χ2 test for each ACE.
*Significantly different from baby boomers at P < .05.