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Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Feb 12;12(2):851–864. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-01923-3

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 (%)



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%)
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)
a

Number of observations in the analytic sample from TATAMS Waves 11–14 among n = 2629 participants

b

Sample frequencies and category percentages displayed unless otherwise stated

c

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

d

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

e

Cohort is based on school-grade levels reported during Wave 14, indicating distinct two-year age cohorts among this sample

f

Non-Hispanic Other race and ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Other

g

SES: Well-off includes ‘very well-off’ and ‘living comfortably’; Poor includes ‘just getting by’, ‘nearly poor’, and ‘poor’