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Table 2 Prevalence of reporting a family member having died before 65 years by demographic characteristics

From: The relationship of adverse childhood experiences to a history of premature death of family members

Demographic variables

Number of subjects

Crude prevalence (%)

Adjusted prevalence (%)*

SE

P value

Sex

     

   Female

9367

49.7

50.0

0.5

Referent

   Male

7970

43.9

43.5

0.6

< 0.0001

Race

     

   White

12 964

46.9

46.1

0.4

Referent

   Black

789

57.5

59.2

1.8

< 0.0001

   Hispanic

1942

43.7

45.9

1.2

0.86

   Asian

1244

45.7

48.5

1.4

0.095

   Am Indian

63

49.2

49.2

6.2

0.6238

   Other

335

49.3

52.4

2.7

0.024

Education

     

   No high school diploma

1251

52.0

49.7

1.4

Referent

   HS graduate

3044

48.7

46.7

0.9

0.08

   Some college

6220

48.3

48.5

0.6

0.45

   College

6822

44.2

45.3

0.6

0.0056

Age group

     

   19–34

1721

36.5

35.2

1.2

Referent

   35–49

4494

42.8

42.6

0.7

< 0.0001

   50–64

5534

47.9

48.0

0.7

< 0.0001

   65 and older

5588

52.7

53.2

0.7

< 0.0001

Father's education†

     

   No high school diploma

3611

51.2

49.3

0.9

Referent

   HS graduate

1918

45.9

46.6

1.1

0.0611

   Some college

1394

45.3

46.6

1.3

0.0972

   College

1306

39.5

42.3

1.4

< .0001

Mother's education†

     

   No high school diploma

3542

50.1

47.8

0.9

Referent

   HS graduate

2549

48.3

49.4

1.0

0.2239

   Some college

1388

42.6

44.4

1.4

0.0440

   College

867

39.3

42.3

1.7

0.0077

Home ownership‡

     

   Yes

6004

45.2

45.7

0.6

Referent

   No

2497

51.9

50.7

1.0

< .0001

Total

17 337

47.0

   
  1. *Adjusted for education, sex, race and age at the survey.
  2. †Available only in wave II data only (total n = 8629; father's education, n = 8229; mother's education, n = 8346)
  3. ‡ Defined by question: "For most of your childhood, did your family own their home?" This information available only in wave I (total n = 8501).