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Table 1 Unhealthy days during the previous 30 days by participants’ characteristics and neighborhood factors

From: Adverse childhood experiences and health-related quality of life in adulthood: revelations from a community needs assessment

 

Total

0–13 unhealthy days a month

14 or more unhealthy days a month

 

Nb

(%)

Count

(%)

Count

(%)

Age (in years)

      

  18–35 years

62

(31.0)

46

(31.3)

16

(30.2)

  36–45 years

39

(19.5)

31

(21.1)

8

(15.1)

  46–55 years

50

(25.0)

38

(25.9)

12

(22.6)

  56 plus years

49

(24.5)

32

(21.8)

17

(32.1)

Sex

      

  Female

132

(65.7)

93

(62.8)

39

(73.6)

  Male

69

(34.3)

55

(37.2)

14

(26.4)

Education

      

  High school complete

162

(80.6)

124

(83.8)

38

(71.7)

  No high school

39

(19.4)

24

(16.2)

15

(28.3)

Marital status

      

  Currently marrieda

65

(32.7)

54

(37.0)

11

(20.8)

  Not married nowa

134

(67.3)

92

(63.0)

42

(79.2)

Race/ethnicity

      

  Non-Hispanic whites

13

(6.5)

8

(5.4)

5

(9.4)

  Non-Hispanic blacks

133

(66.5)

98

(66.7)

35

(66.0)

  Hispanic or Latino

54

(27.0)

41

(27.9)

13

(24.5)

Household annual income

      

  $0–20,000a

114

(56.7)

77

(38.3)

37

(18.4)

  $20,001–40,000

36

(18.0)

29

(14.4)

7

(3.5)

  $40,001 or more

24

(11.9)

21

(10.4)

3

(1.5)

  Income not reported

27

(13.4)

21

(10.4)

6

(3.0)

Residential time

      

  5 years or less

101

(50.2)

76

(51.4)

25

(47.2)

  More than 5 years

100

(49.8)

72

(48.6)

28

(52.8)

Neighborhood factors

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

  Community assets

7.78

(3.5)

7.88

3.38

7.49

3.92

  Community wide issues

4.11

(2.9)

4.03

2.93

4.36

2.97

  Neighborhood cohesion

65.33

(18.7)

66.03

18.81

63.40

18.73

  1. Column comparisons of 0–13 unhealthy days a month vs. 14 or more unhealthy days. aValues were significantly different at p < .05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions (z-tests for column proportions or t-tests for column means). bSome column numbers do not add to total sample size due to missing values