Table 1.
Descriptive statistics by mental health outcome among young adults (TATAMS, Waves 11–14 (n = 9491))a,b
| Analytic Sample n (%) |
Depressionc n (%) |
Anxietyd n (%) |
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| n = 9491 | Minimal (n = 5028, 52.98%) |
Mild (n = 2021, 21.29%) |
Moderate (n = 1172, 12.35%) |
Moderately Severe (n = 744, 7.84%) |
Severe (n = 526, 5.54%) |
None (n = 5139, 54.15%) |
Mild (n = 2225, 23.44%) |
Moderate (n = 1202, 12.66%) |
Severe (n = 925, 9.75%) |
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| Age, range 16–25 (mean, ± SD) | 20.22 (± 1.68) | 20.23 (± 1.69) | 20.25 (± 1.68) | 20.18 (± 1.62) | 20.22 (± 1.71) | 20.14 (± 1.62) | 20.24 (± 1.68) | 20.19 (± 1.68) | 20.20 (± 1.70) | 20.21 (± 1.65) |
| Cohort (Grade at Wave 14)e | ||||||||||
| 1 Year Post High School | 2644 (27.86) | 1408 (28.00) | 541 (26.77) | 326 (27.82) | 216 (29.03) | 153 (29.09) | 1413 (27.50) | 634 (28.49) | 333 (27.70) | 264 (28.54) |
| 3 Years Post High School | 3194 (33.65) | 1719 (34.19) | 689 (34.09) | 389 (33.19) | 225 (30.24) | 172 (32.70) | 1797 (34.97) | 731 (32.85) | 375 (31.20) | 291 (31.46) |
| 5 Years Post High School | 3653 (38.49) | 1901 (37.81) | 791 (39.14) | 457 (38.99) | 303 (40.73) | 201 (38.21) | 1929 (37.54) | 860 (38.65) | 494 (41.10) | 370 (40.00) |
| Age per Cohort (mean, ± SD) | ||||||||||
| 1 Year Post High School | 18.14 (± 0.73) | 18.15 (± 0.73) | 18.11 (± 0.75) | 18.15 (± 0.71) | 18.12 (± 0.74) | 18.10 (± 0.69) | 18.15 (± 0.73) | 18.14 (± 0.73) | 18.07 (± 0.73) | 18.16 (± 0.72) |
| 3 Years Post High School | 20.17 (± 0.76) | 20.17 (± 0.77) | 20.17 (± 0.75) | 20.16 (± 0.77) | 20.16 (± 0.72) | 20.23 (± 0.74) | 20.18 (± 0.77) | 20.14 (± 0.77) | 20.11 (± 0.72) | 20.23 (± 0.74) |
| 5 Years Post High School | 21.78 (± 0.92) | 21.83 (± 0.93) | 21.77 (± 0.93) | 21.64 (± 0.94) | 21.77 (± 0.91) | 21.59 (± 0.88) | 21.8 (± 0.93) | 21.75 (± 0.91) | 21.72 (± 0.94) | 21.68 (± 0.90) |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 3630 (38.25) | 1827 (36.34) | 720 (35.63) | 500 (42.66) | 330 (44.35) | 253 (48.10) | 1913 (37.23) | 830 (37.30) | 491 (40.85) | 396 (42.81) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 2919 (30.76) | 1507 (29.97) | 716 (35.43) | 356 (30.38) | 198 (26.61) | 142 (27.00) | 1534 (29.85) | 747 (33.57) | 343 (28.54) | 295 (31.89) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1380 (14.54) | 855 (17.00) | 237 (11.73) | 128 (10.92) | 99 (13.31) | 61 (11.60) | 830 (16.15) | 279 (12.54) | 159 (13.23) | 112 (12.11) |
| Non-Hispanic Otherf | 1562 (16.46) | 839 (16.69) | 348 (17.22) | 188 (16.04) | 117 (15.73) | 70 (13.31) | 862 (16.77) | 369 (16.58) | 209 (17.39) | 122 (13.19) |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 5571 (58.70) | 2594 (51.59) | 1274 (63.04) | 763 (65.10) | 527 (70.83) | 413 (78.52) | 2624 (51.06) | 1441 (64.76) | 810 (67.39) | 696 (75.24) |
| Male | 3920 (41.30) | 2434 (48.41) | 747 (36.96) | 409 (34.90) | 217 (29.17) | 113 (21.48) | 2515 (48.94) | 784 (35.24) | 392 (32.61) | 229 (24.76) |
| County | ||||||||||
| Bexar | 308 (3.25) | 146 (2.90) | 68 (3.36) | 51 (4.35) | 23 (3.09) | 20 (3.80) | 152 (2.96) | 71 (3.19) | 49 (4.08) | 36 (3.89) |
| Dallas | 1202 (12.66) | 665 (13.23) | 241 (11.92) | 134 (11.43) | 92 (12.37) | 70 (13.31) | 677 (13.17) | 270 (12.13) | 145 (12.06) | 110 (11.89) |
| Harris | 2334 (24.59) | 1252 (24.90) | 482 (23.85) | 283 (24.15) | 193 (25.94) | 124 (23.57) | 1281 (24.93) | 540 (24.27) | 289 (24.04) | 224 (24.22) |
| Tarrant | 2649 (27.91) | 1410 (28.04) | 566 (28.01) | 318 (27.13) | 209 (28.09) | 146 (27.76) | 1422 (27.67) | 619 (27.82) | 351 (29.20) | 257 (27.78) |
| Travis | 2998 (31.59) | 1555 (30.93) | 664 (32.86) | 386 (32.94) | 227 (30.51) | 166 (31.56) | 1607 (31.27) | 725 (32.58) | 368 (30.62) | 298 (32.22) |
| SESg | ||||||||||
| Well off | 6950 (73.23) | 3909 (77.74) | 1493 (73.87) | 819 (69.88) | 454 (65.02) | 275 (52.28) | 3978 (77.41) | 1621 (72.85) | 805 (66.97) | 546 (59.03) |
| Poor | 2541 (26.77) | 1119 (22.26) | 528 (26.13) | 353 (30.12) | 290 (38.98) | 251 (47.72) | 1161 (22.59) | 604 (27.15) | 397 (33.03) | 379 (40.97) |
Number of observations in the analytic sample from TATAMS Waves 11–14 among n = 2629 participants
Sample frequencies and category percentages displayed unless otherwise stated
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): “Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?”; response options: 0 (not at all), 1 (several days), 2 (more than half the days), 3 (nearly every day). Scores 0–4: minimal, 5–9: mild, 10–14: moderate, 15–19: moderately severe, 20 + : severe
General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7): “Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?”; response options: 0 (not at all), 1 (several days), 2 (more than half the days), 3 (nearly every day). Scores 0–4: none, 5–9: mild, 10–14: moderate, 15–21: severe
Cohort is based on school-grade levels reported during Wave 14, indicating distinct two-year age cohorts among this sample
Non-Hispanic Other race and ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Other
SES: Well-off includes ‘very well-off’ and ‘living comfortably’; Poor includes ‘just getting by’, ‘nearly poor’, and ‘poor’