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Table 2 Model-estimated, Class-specific Item Response Probabilities Based on the Unconditional 4-class LCA

From: Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and associations with prenatal substance use and poor infant outcomes in a multi-country cohort of mothers: a latent class analysis

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Class 1 n = 89 (7%)

Class 2 n = 152 (13%)

Class 3 n = 474 (40%)

Class 4 n = 474 (40%)

Did you live with a household member who:

 1. was a problem drinker or alcoholic, or misused street or prescription drugs?

0.446

0.556

0.201

0.059

 2. was depressed, mentally ill or suicidal?

0.250

0.275

0.066

0.022

 3. was ever sent to jail or prison?

0.302

0.434

0.079

0.035

 4. Were your parents ever separated or divorced?

0.511

0.666

0.243

0.150

 5. Did your mother, father or guardian die?

0.341

0.389

0.263

0.354

Did you see or hear a parent or a household member in your home:

 6. being yelled at, screamed at, sworn at, insulted or humiliated?

0.901

1.00

0.840

0.336

 7. being slapped, kicked, punched or beaten up?

0.756

0.861

0.573

0.108

 8. being hit or cut with an object, such as a stick (or cane), bottle, club, knife, whip etc.?

0.567

0.671

0.270

0.016

Did a parent, guardian or other household member:

 9. yell, scream or swear at you, insult or humiliate you?

0.857

0.926

0.777

0.174

 10. threaten to, or actually, abandon you or throw you out of the house?

0.480

0.649

0.109

0.010

 11. spank, slap, kick, punch or beat you up?

0.836

0.787

0.664

0.110

 12. hit or cut you with an object, such as a stick (or cane), bottle, club, knife, whip etc.?

0.428

0.539

0.257

0.021

Did someone:

 13. touch or fondle you in a sexual way when you did not want them to?

0.875

0.147

0.062

0.022

 14. make you touch their body in a sexual way when you did not want them to?

0.711

0.050

0.018

0.008

 15. attempt oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you when you did not want them to?

0.776

0.012

0.022

0.006

 16. actually have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you when you did not want them to?

0.534

0.011

0.004

0.005

 17. How often did your parents/guardians not give you enough food even when they could easily have done so?

0.293

0.376

0.053

0.060

 18. How often were your parents/guardians too drunk or intoxicated by drugs to take care of you?

0.279

0.243

0.056

0.007

 19. How often did our parents/guardians not send you to school even when it was available?

0.259

0.339

0.086

0.090

  1. Note: Bold indicates high class homogeneity