Table 3.

Regression Results Predicting Specific Mental Health Disorders by Skin Tone for African American & Caribbean Black NSAL Respondents

	Mood Disorder						Anxiety Disorder						Substance Use Disorder
	Combined		African Americans		Caribbean Blacks		Combined		African Americans		Caribbean Blacks		Combined		African Americans		Caribbean Blacks
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Skin Color
Very Light	1.82^*	1.13 - 2.95	1.79^*	1.09 - 2.92	1.87	0.14 - 24.3	1.56^*	1.07 - 2.27	1.49^*	1.01 - 2.20	2.48	0.42 - 14.7	1.51⁺	0.96 - 2.38	1.27	0.81 - 1.98	10.2^**	2.77 - 37.9
Light	0.91	0.69 - 1.21	0.90	0.67 - 1.19	1.25	0.35 - 4.46	0.83	0.65 - 1.07	0.80	0.61 - 1.05	1.71^*	1.08 - 2.68	1.04	0.66 - 1.65	1.09	0.68 - 1.76	0.31^*	0.13 - 0.75
Medium	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref
Dark	0.91	0.69 - 1.20	0.95	0.71 - 1.26	0.62	0.21 - 1.87	0.98	0.80 - 1.20	0.98	0.79 - 1.22	1.27	0.64 - 2.51	0.99	0.74 - 1.33	1.00	0.74 - 1.36	0.82	0.19 - 3.60
Very Dark	1.17	0.78 - 1.76	1.24	0.80 - 1.92	0.73	0.15 - 3.57	0.89	0.60 - 1.34	0.88	0.56 - 1.38	1.22	0.60 - 2.50	1.04	0.60 - 1.78	1.12	0.63 - 1.97	0.26^*	0.079 - 0.84
Ethnicity
African American	1.00	Ref					1.00	Ref					1.00	Ref
Caribbean Black	1.29	0.82 - 2.03					0.88	0.61 - 1.26					0.78	0.42 - 1.44
Age	0.98^***	0.97 - 0.99	0.98^***	0.97 - 0.99	0.99	0.96 - 1.02	0.98^***	0.98 - 0.99	0.98^***	0.98 - 0.99	1.01	0.99 - 1.02	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.97	0.95 - 1.00
Sex
Male	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref
Female	1.58^**	1.20 - 2.08	1.70^***	1.27 - 2.28	0.71	0.29 - 1.75	1.84^***	1.44 - 2.35	1.92^***	1.48 - 2.49	0.96	0.40 - 2.31	0.25^***	0.19 - 0.32	0.25^***	0.19 - 0.33	0.16^**	0.047 - 0.51
Marital Status
Married	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref
Formerly Married	1.78^**	1.22 - 2.61	1.80^**	1.20 - 2.70	1.63	0.66 - 4.02	1.38^**	1.13 - 1.67	1.41^**	1.15 - 1.72	0.91	0.32 - 2.60	1.52^**	1.19 - 1.94	1.53^**	1.19 - 1.98	0.75	0.38 - 1.51
Never Married	1.15	0.85 - 1.54	1.11	0.80 - 1.53	1.75^*	1.07 - 2.87	1.00	0.74 - 1.35	0.96	0.69 - 1.32	2.24^*	1.19 - 4.24	0.94	0.65 - 1.35	0.91	0.62 - 1.32	0.83	0.35 - 1.97
Household Income (Ln)	0.97	0.84 - 1.12	0.97	0.84 - 1.13	0.96	0.58 - 1.59	0.86^*	0.77 - 0.97	0.87^*	0.76 - 0.99	0.79^*	0.65 - 0.95	0.78^***	0.69 - 0.87	0.76^***	0.68 - 0.86	0.98	0.67 - 1.42
Education
Some High School	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref	1.00	Ref
High School Graduate	0.88	0.62 - 1.25	0.91	0.64 - 1.31	0.57	0.13 - 2.48	0.65^***	0.51 - 0.83	0.64^***	0.49 - 0.82	1.14	0.34 - 3.80	0.47^***	0.34 - 0.65	0.49^***	0.35 - 0.68	0.20	0.037 - 1.11
Some College	0.98	0.63 - 1.50	1.00	0.63 - 1.57	0.84	0.19 - 3.71	0.72^*	0.54 - 0.97	0.72^*	0.53 - 0.97	1.12	0.33 - 3.79	0.66^*	0.48 - 0.91	0.70^*	0.51 - 0.96	0.34	0.066 - 1.78
College Graduate	1.27	0.77 - 2.08	1.26	0.74 - 2.15	1.44	0.34 - 6.17	0.81	0.57 - 1.17	0.82	0.56 - 1.20	0.97	0.34 - 2.81	0.33^**	0.15 - 0.72	0.31^*	0.13 - 0.75	0.44	0.12 - 1.59
N	4,771		3,393		1,378		4,771		3,393		1,378		4,771		3,393		1,378

^***

p < 0.001

^**

p < 0.01

p < 0.05

⁺

p < 0.10

Source: National Survey of American Life (NSAL)