Research Article
The Role of Adverse Childhood Experience on Depression Symptom, Prevalence, and Severity among School Going Adolescents
Table 2
Cross-tabulation of ACE distribution by sex of respondents.
| ACE characteristics | Boys (), % | Girls (), % | Overall (), % | value |
| Emotional abuse | 42.3 | 57.7 | 20.3 | 0.256 | Physical abuse | 40.7 | 59.3 | 15.8 | 0.422 | Physical neglect | 39.2 | 60.8 | 9.0 | 0.095 | Emotional neglect | 38.6 | 61.4 | 12.8 | 0.510 | Sexual abuse | 24.2 | 75.8 | 6.0 | 0.049 | Household members substance abuse | 51.9 | 48.1 | 9.5 | 0.035 | Household members incarceration | 35.5 | 64.5 | 13.9 | 0.283 | Household members mental illness | 40.7 | 59.3 | 4.9 | 0.508 | Family violence | 39.2 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 0.443 | Parental divorce | 31.4 | 68.6 | 15.8 | 0.068 | For each ACE type category | Abuse | 47.9 | 52.1 | 17.6 | 0.036 | Neglect | 41.6 | 58.4 | 16.3 | 0.349 | Household dysfunction | 45.0 | 55.0 | 18.3 | 0.115 |
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