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. 2022 Jul 14;15(4):977–986. doi: 10.1007/s40653-022-00466-1

Table 2.

Bivariate analyses: demographic distribution by adverse childhood experience (ACE). Sample excluding those missing or non-Hispanic multi-racial/other race/ethnicity (2018 National Survey of Children’s Health; n = 28,123)

Overall No ACEs At Least One ACE
weighted n % 95% CI weighted n % 95% CI weighted n % 95% CI
Poor health 6,719,935 9.8 9.0 10.6 2,325,194 6.0 5.2 6.9 3,994,123 15.0 13.5 16.6
Race/ethnicity
  Hispanic 18,530,886 26.9 25.6 28.2 9,924,175 25.6 23.8 27.4 7,503,460 28.2 26.0 30.4
  non-Hispanic white 37,089,273 53.8 52.6 55.0 22,408,257 57.7 56.0 59.4 13,457,389 50.5 48.5 52.6
  non-Hispanic Black 9,818,353 14.2 13.3 15.2 3,999,360 10.3 9.2 11.4 4,958,220 18.6 17.0 20.3
  non-Hispanic Asian 3,488,274 5.1 4.6 5.5 2,496,996 6.4 5.7 7.2 707,311 2.7 2.1 3.2
Age group
  0–3 14,597,013 21.2 20.1 22.2 10,458,923 26.9 25.5 28.4 3,401,583 12.8 11.3 14.3
  4–7 14,731,959 21.4 20.3 22.4 8,861,955 22.8 21.5 24.1 5,146,020 19.3 17.6 21.1
  8–11 15,844,232 23.0 22.0 24.0 8,402,585 21.6 20.3 23.0 6,539,744 24.6 22.9 26.2
  12–14 11,892,132 17.3 16.3 18.2 5,887,015 15.2 13.9 16.4 5,286,087 19.9 18.3 21.4
  15–17 11,861,449 17.2 16.3 18.1 5,218,310 13.4 12.5 14.4 6,252,946 23.5 21.8 25.2
Household poverty level
  <100% FPL 13,627,438 19.8 18.6 20.9 5,591,380 14.4 13.0 15.8 7,136,116 26.8 24.8 28.8
  100-<200% FPL 15,147,730 22.0 20.8 23.1 6,937,470 17.9 16.4 19.3 7,426,678 27.9 25.9 29.8
  200-<400% FPL 18,560,212 26.9 25.9 27.9 10,744,615 27.7 26.3 29.0 6,976,361 26.2 24.6 27.8
  400%+ FPL 21,591,406 31.3 30.3 32.4 15,555,323 40.1 38.6 41.5 5,087,226 19.1 17.7 20.5
Highest education of adults in household
  Less than high school 7,019,158 10.2 9.0 11.4 3,515,665 9.1 7.6 10.5 2,994,734 11.2 9.2 13.3
  High school or GED 13,348,041 19.4 18.3 20.4 5,621,129 14.5 13.2 15.8 7,040,439 26.4 24.5 28.4
  Some college or technical school 14,996,006 21.8 20.8 22.7 6,923,132 17.8 16.6 19.1 7,219,267 27.1 25.5 28.7
  College degree or higher 33,563,581 48.7 47.5 49.9 22,768,861 58.6 56.9 60.3 9,371,939 35.2 33.4 37.0