Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to gender and depression among young adults in Iraq: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Frequency of ACEs among the participants

	Total		Gender
	Total		Males		Females
	N	%	n	%	n	%	P*
Emotional Abuse
no	374	93.3	142	91.6	232	95.1	0.163
yes	25	6.27	13	8.4	12	4.9	0.163
Physical Abuse
no	332	82.79	117	75	215	87.8	0.001
yes	69	17.21	39	25	30	12.2	0.001
Sexual Abuse
no	369	92.48	136	87.	233	95.5	0.004
yes	30	7.52	19	12.3	11	4.5	0.004
Emotional Neglect
no	320	79.8	125	81.7	195	80.8	0.413
yes	76	19.2	28	18.3	48	19.2	0.413
Physical Neglect
no	316	80.2	123	79.9	193	80.4	0.894
yes	78	19.8	31	20.1	47	19.6	0.894
Exposure to domestic violence
no	333	83.46	126	80.8	207	85.2	0.247
yes	66	16.54	30	19.2	36	14.8	0.247
Substance Abuse household
no	388	96.76	152	97.4	236	96.3	0.541
yes	13	3.24	4	2.6	9	3.7	0.541
Mental illness in household
no	368	91.8	138	88.5	230	93.9	0.054
yes	33	8.23	18	11.5	15	6.1	0.054
ACEs score
0	193	48.1	64	43	129	55.6	0.125
1	69	17.2	31	20.8	38	16.4
2	66	16.5	27	18.1	39	16.8
3	23	5.7	11	7.4	12	5.2
4+	30	7.5	16	10.6	14	6

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