Research Article
The Structure of Witnessed Community Violence amongst Urban African American Mothers: Latent Class Analysis of a Community Sample
Table 1
Frequency of witnessed community violence among african american mothers.
| Type of exposure | N | % |
| Heard a gunshot | | | Never | 66 | 31.6 | Sometimes | 110 | 52.6 | Often | 33 | 15.8 | Saw an arrest | | | Never | 91 | 43.5 | Sometimes | 91 | 43.5 | Often | 27 | 12.9 | Saw a drug deal | | | Never | 132 | 63.2 | Ever | 77 | 36.8 | Saw someone beaten up | | | Never | 148 | 70.8 | Ever | 61 | 29.2 | Own home was broken into | | | Never | 196 | 93.8 | Ever | 13 | 6.2 | Saw someone get stabbed* | | | Never | 199 | 95.2 | Ever | 10 | 4.8 | Saw someone get shot* | | | Never | 190 | 90.9 | Ever | 19 | 9.1 | Saw a gun in own home | | | Never | 193 | 92.3 | Ever | 16 | 7.7 | Saw gangs | | | Never | 146 | 69.9 | Ever | 63 | 30.1 | Saw a gun pulled on someone* | | | Never | 178 | 85.2 | Ever | 31 | 14.8 | Saw someone stabbed or shot in own home* | | | Never | 204 | 97.6 | Ever | 5 | 2.4 |
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*Exposures to lethal violence.
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