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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Retrospectively self-reported age of childhood abuse onset in a United States nationally representative sample

Characteristic

Na

Total population weighted percent (95% CI)

Male population weighted percent (95% CI)

Female population weighted percent (95% CI)

Age at Wave 4 Interview

14776

Mean = 28.83(28.60,29.06)

Mean = 28.93(28.69,29.17)

Mean = 28.73(28.50,28.96)

Male

6919

50.72 (49.50,51.95)

  

Female

7857

49.28 (48.05,50.50)

  

Parental/Adult Caregiver Abuse

 Emotional Abuseb

3575

25.61(24.42,26.85)

20.48 (19.03,22.01)

30.91 (29.22,32.65)

 Physical Abusec

1771

11.96 (11.06,12.92)

11.85 (10.67,13.14)

12.07 (10.95,13.29)

 Sexual Abused

724

4.88 (4.37,5.45)

2.49 (1.97,3.14)

7.34 (6.52,8.26)

Non-Parental/Adult Caregiver Sexual Abuse

 Motivated by Non-Physical Threate

998

7.25 (6.63,7.94)

2.27 (1.81,2.84)

12.40 (11.26,13.64)

 Motivated by Physical Forcef

731

5.13 (4.65,5.65)

1.45 (1.11,1.90)

8.92 (8.01,9.93)

Race/Ethnicityg

 Hispanic

2352

11.93 (8.97,15.71)

11.99 (8.93,15.90)

11.88 (8.87,15.73)

 Black

3213

16.02 (12.31,20.57)

15.66 (11.88,20.36)

16.38 (12.61,21.00)

 White

7871

65.77 (59.86,71.23)

65.78 (59.70,71.38)

65.76 (59.77,71.29)

 Asian

937

3.37 (2.15,5.24)

3.42 (2.16,5.38)

3.31 (2.07,5.26)

 Native American

262

1.94 (1.49,2.53)

2.12 (1.58,2.85)

1.76 (1.27,2.43)

Other

129

0.97 (0.72,1.30)

1.03 (0.67,1.57)

0.90 (0.63,1.29)

Childhood Household Income (1994)g

  < 35000 per year

4827

43.50 (39.47,47.61)

43.00 (38.64,47.48)

44.02 (39.97,48.14)

 = > 35000 per year

6373

56.50 (52.39,60.53)

57.00 (52.52,61.36)

55.98 (51.86,60.03)

Childhood Household Compositiong

 Not Raised by Both Biological Parents

4493

28.74 (26.53,31.07)

27.50 (25.06,30.09)

30.02 (27.44,32.73)

 Raised by Both Biological Parents

10272

71.26 (68.93,73.47)

72.50 (69.91,74.94)

69.98 (67.27,72.56)

Marital Status at Wave 4 Interviewg

 Never Married

7375

50.20 (47.46,52.93)

55.01 (52.08,57.90)

45.24 (42.21,48.31)

 Ever Married

7390

49.80 (47.07,52.54)

44.99 (42.10,47.92)

54.76 (51.69,57.79)

  1. aUnweighted Sample Size
  2. b594 subjects with missing data
  3. c312 subjects with missing data
  4. d152 subjects with missing data
  5. e65 subjects with missing data
  6. f44 subjects with missing data
  7. gSubheadings for variables (other than abuse) may not total to 14,776 due to missing data