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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Sep;163(9):1561–1568. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.9.1561

Table 1.

Demographic distributions and correlates of 12-month DSM-IV Bipolar Disorder (BPD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) among Part II NCS-R employed respondents (n = 3378)

Demographic distribution
12-month prevalence
Odds-ratios
BPD MDD BPD MDD
% (se) % (se) % (se) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)





Sex
 Men 53.4 (1.3) 0.8 (0.2) 4.0 (0.4) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Women 46.6 (1.3) 1.5 (0.3) 9.0 (0.9) 1.4 (0.6–3.2) 2.0* (1.4–2.8)
  χ21 (p-value) 0.8 (.368) 18.6* (<.001)
Age
 18–29 25.3 (1.4) 1.6 (0.3) 7.3 (1.0) 4.3 (0.6–34.1) 4.0* (2.5–6.3)
 30–44 36.6 (1.3) 1.3 (0.3) 7.3 (0.6) 3.8 (0.6–22.7) 4.1* (2.6–6.6)
 45–59 32.1 (1.2) 0.7 (0.3) 5.3 (0.7) 2.2 (0.2–20.0) 2.9* (1.7–4.8)
 60+ 6.0 (0.5) 0.5 (0.5) 2.1 (0.4) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
  χ23 (p-value) 6.3 (.098) 44.9* (<.001)
Race-ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 73.5 (1.6) 1.2 (0.2) 6.6 (0.5) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Non-Hispanic black 11.5 (1.0) 0.8 (0.3) 4.8 (1.0) 0.5 (0.2–1.2) 0.6 (0.4–1.0)
 Hispanic 11.3 (1.1) 1.1 (0.5) 6.1 (1.0) 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 0.8 (0.6–1.2)
 Other 3.7 (0.4) 1.5 (0.9) 7.9 (2.6) 1.3 (0.3–4.9) 1.1 (0.6–2.1)
  χ23(p-value) 5.3 (.151) 5.3 (.154)
Education
 Less than high school 10.4 (0.8) 1.6 (0.6) 6.2 (1.4) 7.0* (1.8–27.9) 1.3 (0.6–2.7)
 Completed high school 31.0 (1.5) 1.6 (0.4) 6.1 (0.6) 5.6* (2.1–15.1) 1.1 (0.8–1.6)
 Some college 30.4 (1.0) 1.2 (0.3) 6.5 (0.7) 3.8* (1.3–11.2) 1.1 (0.7–1.8)
 Completed college 28.2 (1.2) 0.4 (0.2) 6.6 (0.9) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
  χ23(p-value) 14.0* (.003) 0.7 (.865)
Occupation
 Professional 34.2 (0.9) 0.9 (0.3) 7.0 (0.8) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Technical 3.0 (0.5) 0.3 (0.4) 5.0 (2.1) 0.2 (0.0–2.0) 0.8 (0.3–2.1)
 Service and clerical 21.1 (0.8) 1.8 (0.4) 9.3 (1.0) 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 1.0 (0.7–1.5)
 Labor 41.7 (1.3) 1.0 (0.3) 4.5 (0.5) 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.7 (0.4–1.3)
  χ23 (p-value) 3.4 (.330) 2.8 (.428)
Average work hours
 20–34 13.0 (0.9) 1.8 (0.5) 7.6 (1.2) 1.3 (0.6–2.7) 1.3 (0.8–2.1)
 35–44 55.5 (1.5) 1.1 (0.2) 7.0 (0.6) 1.0 (0.5–2.1) 1.3 (1.0–1.8)
 45+ 31.5 (1.4) 0.9 (0.3) 4.7 (0.7) 1.0 -- 1.0 --
  χ22 (p-value) 0.7 (.709) 3.3 (.189)
*

Significant at the .05 level, two–sided test