Table 3.

Odds of past year psychiatric symptoms and suicidal behaviors among children with a lifetime history of foster care placement (N = 19,430)

Symptoms¹	Unadjusted OR² (95% confidence interval)	Adjusted OR²,³ (95% confidence interval)
Anxiety (31)
1–2 vs. no symptoms	1.36 (0.86 – 2.17)	1.37 (0.86 – 2.17)
3–4 vs. no symptoms	1.87 (1.19 – 2.93)^**	1.83 (1.16 – 2.87)^**
5–8 vs. no symptoms	2.10 (1.35 – 3.26)^**	2.04 (1.31 – 3.17)^**
>8 vs. no symptoms	3.66 (2.44 – 5.47)^***	3.36 (2.19 – 5.14)^***
Mood (12)
1–2 vs. no symptoms	1.18 (0.81 – 1.72)	1.27 (0.87 – 1.85)
3–4 vs. no symptoms	1.51 (1.05 – 2.18)^*	1.64 (1.13 – 2.37)^**
5–6 vs. no symptoms	1.52 (1.05 – 2.20)^*	1.58 (1.09 – 2.30)^*
>6 vs. no symptoms	2.63 (1.87 – 3.69)^***	2.75 (1.93 – 3.92)^***
Disruptive Behavior Disorders (24)
1–2 vs. no symptoms	1.37 (0.92 – 2.06)	1.40 (0.94 – 2.10)
3–5 vs. no symptoms	1.89 (1.30 – 2.73)^***	1.96 (1.35 – 2.84)^***
6–7 vs. no symptoms	2.14 (1.43 – 3.20)^***	2.20 (1.47 – 3.29)^***
>7 vs. no symptoms	4.34 (3.06 – 6.16)^***	4.26 (2.99 – 6.06)^***
Suicidal ideation (1)	2.86 (2.24 – 3.65)^***	2.78 (2.14 – 3.60)^***
Suicide attempts (1)	4.15 (3.01 – 5.72)^***	3.95 (2.78 – 5.61)^***

The number in parenthesis indicates the number of symptoms included in each category (e.g., 31 anxiety symptoms are included). Each row within a symptom category represents a quartile, e.g., children with more than eight anxiety symptoms represent the upper quartile (or the top 25%) for that symptom category.

The reference group is youth without a history of foster care

Each separate logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, family income, and population density.

p ≤ 0.05;

^**

p ≤ 0.01;

^***

p ≤ 0.001