Sociodemographic characteristics stratified by experience of any childhood abuse among women from the Harvard study of moods and cycles, Boston, Massachusetts. Univariate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals shown
| Did not experience abuse n = 505 | Any experienced abuse* n = 179 | OR (95%CI) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Defined as experiencing, more than a few times, being pushed, kicked, choked or burned, attacked, or subject to genital exposure or a few times or less, being sexually assaulted or having someone you loved killed. | ||||
| Parental smoking status, n (%) | ||||
| Neither parent smoked | 98 (19.4) | 30 (16.8) | 1.0 | |
| Mother smoked | 42 (8.3) | 17 (9.5) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.7) | 0.4 |
| Father smoked | 154 (30.5) | 49 (27.4) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) | 0.9 |
| Both parents smoked | 211 (41.8) | 83 (46.4) | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) | 0.3 |
| Religion, n (%) | ||||
| Roman Catholic | 272 (53.9) | 108 (60.3) | 1.0 | |
| Jewish | 57 (11.3) | 11 (6.2) | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.0) | 0.04 |
| Protestant | 139 (27.5) | 48 (26.8) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 0.5 |
| None/Other | 37 (7.3) | 12 (6.7) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.6) | 0.6 |
| Working class family (y), n (%) | 165 (32.7) | 81 (45.2) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.4) | 0.003 |
| Experienced childhood poverty (y), n (%) | 71 (14.1) | 42 (23.5) | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.9) | 0.004 |
| Ancestry, n (%) | ||||
| European | 468 (92.7) | 161 (89.9) | 1.0 | |
| Non-European | 37 (7.3) | 18 (10.1) | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.6) | 0.3 |
| Race, n (%) | ||||
| White | 484 (95.8) | 169 (94.4) | 1.0 | |
| Non-white | 21 (4.2) | 10 (5.6) | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.0) | 0.4 |
| Parent education status, n (%) | ||||
| Less than 12th grade | 24 (4.9) | 9 (5.1) | 1.0 | |
| High school degree/GED | 133 (27.1) | 50 (28.4) | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.3) | 1.0 |
| Some college/vocational school | 82 (16.7) | 31 (17.6) | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.4) | 1.0 |
| BA (four years of college) | 115 (23.4) | 45 (25.6) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.4) | 0.9 |
| Graduate degree | 137 (27.9 | 41 (23.3) | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.9) | 0.6 |
| Don’t know or Missing | 14 | 3 | ||