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Table 1 Sample characteristics of NLSY79 cohort

From: Adverse childhood events and risk of diabetes onset in the 1979 National longitudinal survey of youth cohort

Weighted % (N)

Female (n = 4,328)

Male (n = 4,049)

Diabetes

9.70%

(431)

10.2%

(367)

Age of Diabetes Onset (Mean Years)

43.5

 

45.3

 

Time-Invariant Variables

 Adverse Childhood Events

  Childhood Poverty

14.3%

(960)

12.6%

(767)

  Parental Death

8.1%

(353)

7.9%

(298)

  Non-Traditional Living Situation

35.7%

(1,457)

31.7%

(1,172)

  Lived w/Mentally Ill Person

11.3%

(358)

5.0%

(141)

  Lived w/Problem Drinker

22.8%

(794)

15.7%

(506)

  Physical Abuse

16.8%

(621)

12.7%

(417)

 2+ Ace Events

  No

69.6%

(2,384)

76.9%

(2,378)

  Yes

30.4%

(1,342)

21.1%

(954)

 Age in 1982 (Mean)

20.72

 

20.53

 

 Race/Ethnicity

  White

60.9%

(1,477)

63.5%

(1,382)

  Black

15.2%

(1,125)

14.3%

(983)

  Hispanic

6.4%

(664)

5.9%

(580)

  Other

17.5%

(445)

16.4%

(372)

 U.S. Born

  Yes

95.9%

(3,479)

96.2%

(3,114)

 Education Attainment

  Less than High School

11.8%

(590)

13.6%

(621)

  High School

44.9%

(1,652)

44.7%

(1,509)

  Some College

22.9%

(889)

20.5%

(661)

  College or more

20.5%

(593)

21.3%

(536)

Time-Varying Variables (1982–2012)

 Children (Mean)

1.60

 

0.90

 

 Poverty Status

  No

86.1%

 

89.7%

 

  Yes

14.0%

 

10.3%

 

 Marital Status

  Never Married

22.3%

 

31.5%

 

  Married

58.4%

 

54.9%

 

  Separated

4.3%

 

2.9%

 

  Divorced

14.1%

 

10.5%

 

  Widowed

1.0%

 

0.2%

 

 Employment Status

  Employed

75.3%

 

85.9%

 

  Unemployed

2.0%

 

2.9%

 

  Out of Labor Force

22.4%

 

8.8%

 

  Active Services

0.3%

 

2.5%

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