Table 5.

Adjusted odds of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) among women, 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	1.31	(0.89–1.92)	1.47	(0.76–2.83)
Parental separation or divorce	1.08	(0.73–1.31)	0.88	(0.50–1.53)
Household drug use	1.56	(0.93–2.60)	0.72	(0.23–2.30)
Household alcohol abuse	1.47	(1.03–2.10)^*	1.66	(1.05–2.63)^*
Physical abuse	1.95	(1.35–2.81)^*	2.37	(1.45–3.89)^*
Incarcerated household member	1.01	(0.56–1.84)	0.93	(0.33–2.60)
Exposure to domestic violence	1.77	(1.21–2.57)^*	1.91	(1.09–3.35)^*
Emotional abuse	1.67	(1.19–2.37)^*	1.94	(1.16–3.23)^*
Touched sexually	1.80	(1.23–2.64)^*	1.73	(0.97–3.11)
Made to touch another sexually	1.45	(0.95–2.21)	1.97	(0.88–4.42)
Forced to have sex	1.73	(0.98–3.05)	1.87	(0.70–4.98)

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

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

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

=p<.05