Description
For adults 18 and older who completed the Social and Health Experiences (SHE) self-administered questionnaire (SDOHELIG), ACEMENTDEPEV indicates whether the respondent lived with someone who was depressed, mentally ill, or suicidal, when they were under the age of 18. ACEMENTDEPEV was fielded as one of eleven questions about adverse childhood experiences included in the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) supplement fielded via the 2021 SHE pencil-and-paper questionnaire. The SHE questionnaire was the first MEPS-HC questionnaire to be fielded using paper and web modes. Please see SATISFIED for more information on the SDOH supplement, including a complete list of variables fielded on the 2021 SHE.
Related Variables
The SDOH supplement included on the 2021 SHE included a series of questions that asked respondents about their childhood experiences. These questions were adapted from the Center for Disease Control's 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which measures health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. In addition to ACEMENTDEPEV, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) variables include the following:
- ACEALCEV: When under age 18, lived with a problem drinker or alcoholic
- ACEDRUGEV: When under age 18, lived with someone who used illegal street drugs or abused prescription medication
- ACEJAILEV: When under 18, lived with someone who served time in prison, jail, or correctional facility
- ACESEPDIV: When under 18, parents separated or divorced
- ACEPRNTVIOL: When under 18, how often did parents or adults in home slap, hit, kick, punch, or beat each other up
- ACEPRNTVFREQ: When under 18, how often did parents or adults in home hit, beat, kick, or physically hurt person
- ACEPRNTINSLT: When under 18, how often did parents or adults in home swear, insult, or put person down
- ACETCHCHLD: When under 18, how often did adult or someone at least 5 years older touch person sexually
- ACETCHADLT: When under 18, how often did adult or someone at least 5 years older try to make person touch them sexually
- ACEFRCSXCH: When under 18, how often did an adult or someone at least 5 years older force the person to have sex
Codes and Frequencies
Universe
- 2021: Sample adults age 18+ and eligible for SDOH with data recorded (SDOHELIG).
Availability
- 2021
Weights
- 2021 : PERWEIGHT
