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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of ABCD study youth

From: A data-driven approach to categorizing early life adversity exposure in the ABCD Study

 

No. (%)

Characteristic

Total (n = 11,566)

Adversity Exposed (n = 10,651)

Controls (n = 915)

Age in Years (M, SD)

9.47 (0.50)

9.47 (0.50)

9.52 (0.50)

Sex

   

 Male

6050 (52.7)

5611 (52.7)

439 (48.0)

 Female

5517 (47.3)

5042 (47.3)

476 (52.0)

Race and Ethnicity

   

 White

6018 (52.0)

5623 (52.8)

395 (43.2)

 Black

1733 (15.0)

1581 (14.8)

152 (16.6)

 Asian

2341 (20.2)

2106 (19.8)

235 (25.7)

 Other

244 (2.1)

183 (1.7)

61 (6.7)

 Hispanic

1230 (10.6)

1158 (10.9)

72 (7.9)

Household Income

   

 0–24,999

1596 (13.8)

1471 (13.8)

125 (13.7)

 25,000–49,999

1545 (13.4)

1446 (13.6)

99 (10.8)

 50,000–74,999

1456 (12.6)

1360 (12.8)

96 (10.5)

 75,000–99,999

2524 (21.8)

2303 (21.6)

221 (24.2)

 100,000 + 

4445 (38.4)

4071 (38.2)

374 (40.9)

Primary Caregiver's Educational Attainment

   

 Less Than HS Diploma

766 (6.6)

708 (6.6)

58 (6.3)

 HS Diploma/GED

1232 (10.7)

1132 (10.6)

100 (10.9)

 Some College or AA Degree

3401 (29.4)

3183 (29.9)

218 (23.8)

 Bachelors Degree

3255 (28.1)

2974 (27.9)

281 (30.7)

 Graduate and Professional School

2912 (25.2)

2654 (24.9)

258 (28.2)

Clinical Outcomes, t-score ≥ 60 (M, SD)

   

 Internalizing Problems

1940 (16.7)

1880 (17.7)

60 (6.6)

 Externalizing Problems

1211 (10.5)

1190 (11.1)

21 (2.3)

 Total Problems

1414 (12.2)

1389 (13.0)

25 (2.7)

Adversity Exposure

   

 Physical and Sexual Violence

843 (7.3)

843 (7.9)

-

 Parental Psychopathology

9413 (81.4)

9413 (88.4)

-

 Neighborhood Threat

2304 (19.9)

2304 (21.6)

-

 Prenatal Substance Exposure

1224 (10.6)

1224 (11.5)

-

 Scarcity

1348 (11.7)

1348 (12.7)

-

 Household Dysfunction

4867 (42.1)

4867 (45.7)

-