The Role of Adverse Childhood Experience on Depression Symptom, Prevalence, and Severity among School Going Adolescents

Table 2

Cross-tabulation of ACE distribution by sex of respondents.

ACE characteristics		Boys (), %	Girls (), %	Overall (), %	value
Emotional abuse		42.3	57.7	20.3	0.256
Physical abuse		40.7	59.3	15.8	0.422
Physical neglect		39.2	60.8	9.0	0.095
Emotional neglect		38.6	61.4	12.8	0.510
Sexual abuse		24.2	75.8	6.0	0.049
Household members substance abuse		51.9	48.1	9.5	0.035
Household members incarceration		35.5	64.5	13.9	0.283
Household members mental illness		40.7	59.3	4.9	0.508
Family violence		39.2	60.8	5.7	0.443
Parental divorce		31.4	68.6	15.8	0.068
For each ACE type category	Abuse	47.9	52.1	17.6	0.036
	Neglect	41.6	58.4	16.3	0.349
	Household dysfunction	45.0	55.0	18.3	0.115