Table 2.
Average Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Scores by Participant Characteristics
| n | Median ACEs | Range | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Covariates | |||||
| Age at Recruitment (Years) | |||||
| 18–25 | 157 | 1.0 | 0–8 | 1.38 | 1.69 |
| 26–35 | 247 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 1.89 | 2.32 |
| >36 | 76 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 2.13 | 2.50 |
| Maternal Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 382 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 1.70 | 2.19 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 47 | 1.0 | 0–6 | 1.66 | 1.51 |
| Multiracial & Other, non-Hispanic | 18 | 1.5 | 0–9 | 2.44 | 2.77 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 26 | 3.0 | 0–9 | 2.81 | 2.55 |
| Earliest Ascertained Income | |||||
| Less than $15,000 | 106 | 1.0 | 0–8 | 1.97 | 2.47 |
| $15,000 to $29,999 | 118 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 1.84 | 2.08 |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 54 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 2.46 | 2.81 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 26 | 1.0 | 0–5 | 1.81 | 1.92 |
| $100,000 or more | 26 | 1.0 | 0–9 | 1.88 | 2.45 |
| Don’t Know | 143 | 1.0 | 0–8 | 1.32 | 1.67 |
| Maternal Marital Status | |||||
| Married/living together | 324 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 1.80 | 2.27 |
| Never married | 101 | 1.0 | 0–7 | 1.55 | 1.80 |
| Divorced | 13 | 2.0 | 0–8 | 2.54 | 2.67 |
| Parity | |||||
| Nulliparous | 158 | 1.0 | 0–9 | 1.69 | 1.91 |
| Primiparity/multiparity | 295 | 1.0 | 0–10 | 1.78 | 2.27 |