@article{ref1,
title="Quickstats: Percentage* of children and adolescents aged 0-17 years who have experienced a specified stressful life event,(†) by type of event and poverty status(§) - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019(¶)",
journal="MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report",
year="2021",
author="Reuben, Cynthia and Elgaddal, Nazik",
volume="70",
number="34",
pages="1181-1181",
abstract="† Percentages for the specified stressful life events are based on the following questions: 1) &quot;Has child ever been the victim of violence or witnessed violence in their neighborhood?&quot;; 2) &quot;Did child ever live with a parent or guardian who served time in jail or prison after child was born?&quot;; 3) &quot;Did child ever live with anyone mentally ill/depressed?&quot;; 4) Did child ever live with anyone who had a problem with alcohol or drugs?&quot; Having any stressful event was based on having answered &quot;yes&quot; to any of these four questions. The four stressful life event questions are part of a larger battery of questions called adverse childhood experiences.   § Poverty status was based on family income and family size, using the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. Family income was imputed when missing.   ¶ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population.   In 2019, 20.7% of children and adolescents in families with incomes <200% of the poverty threshold and 12.6% of children and adolescents in families with incomes ≥200% of the poverty threshold had experienced at least one specified stressful life event. Children and adolescents in families with incomes <200% of the poverty threshold were more likely than children and adolescents in families with incomes ≥200% of the poverty threshold to have been the victim or witnessed violence (8.1% versus 3.5%); lived with someone who had been in jail (8.7% versus 3.5%); lived with a person with problems with mental health or depression (10.1% versus 6.4%); or lived with a person with problems with alcohol or drugs (10.2% versus 6.5%).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0149-2195",
doi="10.15585/mmwr.mm7034a7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7034a7"
}