Definition: Estimated percentage of adults with and without adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) before age 18, by presence of children ages 0-17 in the household and number of ACEs (e.g., in 2013-2019, among California adults ages 18 and older living in households with children, 17.7% had been exposed to four or more ACEs).
Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System custom tabulation (Jan. 2022).
Footnote: This indicator reports on eight adverse childhood experiences: (1) parents were separated or divorced, (2) witnessed domestic violence in the home, (3) household member was mentally ill, (4) household member abused alcohol or drugs, (5) household member was sentenced to serve time in jail or prison, (6) experienced physical abuse at home, (7) experienced verbal abuse at home, (8) experienced sexual abuse. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
