Table 3.

Adjusted odds of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) among men, by military history and service era

	All-volunteer Era¹		Draft Era²
	Military Hx vs. No Military Hx		Military Hx vs. No Military Hx
	AOR	(95%CI)	AOR	(95%CI)

Individual ACE items
Household mental illness	1.88	(1.38–2.56)^*	0.94	(0.73–1.21)
Parental separation or divorce	2.00	(1.58–2.55)^*	1.31	(1.02–1.67)^*
Household drug use	2.00	(1.46–2.75)^*	0.86	(0.63–1.18)
Household alcohol abuse	2.24	(1.74–2.88)^*	1.26	(1.02–1.55)^*
Physical abuse	2.28	(1.74–2.99)^*	1.16	(0.93–1.43)
Incarcerated household member	2.07	(1.37–3.15)^*	1.24	(0.78–1.97)
Exposure to domestic violence	2.37	(1.78–3.16)^*	1.28	(1.00–1.65)
Emotional abuse	1.81	(1.43–2.28)^*	1.09	(0.91–1.30)
Touched sexually	2.43	(1.47–4.02)^*	0.97	(0.71–1.32)
Made to touch another sexually	2.43	(1.41–4.19)^*	1.03	(0.73–1.44)
Forced to have sex	2.19	(1.34–3.57)^*	0.86	(0.55–1.36)

Note: All analyses are weighted and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and education; Hx=history

=Men 18 years old on or after 1973 (ages 18–55 years in 2010)

=Men older than 18 years in 1973 (ages ≥56 years in 2010)

=p<.05