ACE exposure is unevenly distributed: children below 400% FPL and Black and Hispanic children have higher prevalence of two or more ACEs¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? 30.16% of children living below FPL experienced two or more ACEs compared to 11.07% of children living above FPL. → Goldstein 2021 q2 i? Proportionally, 33.38% of Black, 26.81% of Hispanic, and 20.05% of White children experienced two or more ACEs. → Goldstein 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Goldstein 2021¶

Goldstein, E., Topitzes, J., Miller-Cribbs, J. & Brown, R. L. (2021). Influence of race/ethnicity and income on the link between adverse childhood experiences and child flourishing. Pediatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-01188-6

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Descriptive prevalence from the 2016-17 NSCH analytic sample (n = 44,686); the printed proportions are descriptive percentages, not effect sizes, so impact is null.

"Furthermore, 30.16% of children living below FPL experienced ≥2 ACEs compared to 11.07% of children living above FPL."

Goldstein 2021 (2)¶

Goldstein, E., Topitzes, J., Miller-Cribbs, J. & Brown, R. L. (2021). Influence of race/ethnicity and income on the link between adverse childhood experiences and child flourishing. Pediatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-01188-6

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Descriptive ACE prevalence by race/ethnicity from the same NSCH sample, reported in the Results section's prevalence subsection.

"Proportionally, 33.38% Black, 26.81% Hispanic, and 20.05% White children experienced ≥2 ACEs."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The racial disparity in long-term exposure to the most disadvantaged neighborhoods is more pronounced than the disparity at any single age — related
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• Moderation by race/ethnicity: White children show significantly greater flourishing decrements as ACEs increase, while Black and Hispanic children show steeper declines in family resilience
• As cumulative ACEs increase, children's probability of flourishing (learning interest, task completion, self-regulation) and family resilience decrease across race/ethnicity and income groups — related
• ACE scores show a graded positive association with externalizing behavior trajectories, the strongest of the three outcomes — related
• Above-FPL children improved more in staying calm and in control as family resilience increased, but no significant FPL moderated-mediation effects emerged — related