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

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In 2019, 20.7% of children and adolescents in families with incomes <200% of the poverty threshold and 12.6% in families with incomes ≥200% had experienced at least one specified stressful life event.
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Authors: Cynthia Reuben, MA, and Nazik Elgaddal, MS

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Percentage of people experiencing various stressful events by income level.

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%).

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a7.htm

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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