Adverse Childhood Experiences and Education Outcomes among Adolescents: Linking Survey and Administrative Data

Ashley Stewart-Tufescu (), Shannon Struck, Tamara Taillieu, Samantha Salmon, Janique Fortier, Marni Brownell, Mariette Chartier, Alexa R. Yakubovich and Tracie O. Afifi
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Ashley Stewart-Tufescu: Faculty of Social Work and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Shannon Struck: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Tamara Taillieu: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Samantha Salmon: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Janique Fortier: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada
Marni Brownell: Department of Community Health Sciences, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Mariette Chartier: Department of Community Health Sciences, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Alexa R. Yakubovich: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 1V7, Canada
Tracie O. Afifi: Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-17

Abstract: It is well established that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with detrimental health outcomes in adulthood. Less is known about the relationships between ACEs and education outcomes and among adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between ACEs and adolescents’ self-reported education outcomes and provincial education assessments among adolescents in Manitoba, Canada. Data were gathered from 1002 adolescents who participated in the Well-Being and Experiences (WE) Study. A subsample of the adolescents (84%) consented to having their WE survey data linked to administrative education databases. Binary and multinomial logistic regression models were computed to examine associations between ACE history and self-reported education outcomes and provincial education assessments, adjusting for sociodemographic variables. Adolescents with an ACE history had significantly increased likelihood of having ever been suspended from school (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.33, 95% CI 1.60–6.92), of lower grades (adjusted relative risk ratio (aRRR) = 3.21, 95% CI 1.42–7.29), and of chronic school absenteeism (aRRR = 2.45, 95% CI 1.28–4.68) compared with adolescents without an ACE history after adjusting for sociodemographic variables. Findings from this study illuminate the important relationship between childhood adversity and poor education outcomes assessed directly by adolescents. Increasing awareness of the public health risk associated with ACEs and education outcomes may inform education policy and school-based interventions.

Keywords: adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); child maltreatment; education; adolescents; administrative data; survey data; the Well-Being and Experiences Study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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