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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2007 Oct 22;152(1):117–122. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.06.030

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Current Sample

Healthy (n =150) MDD-no dis (n = 21) DIS-no mdd (n = 54) MDD/DIS (n = 54)
Gender % (n)
 Male (n =145) 47% (71) 48% (10) 55% (29) 65% (35)
 Female (n = 133) 53% (79) 52% (11) 45% (25) 35% (19)
Age in Years % (n)
 3 30% (45) 29% (6) 43% (23) 20% (11)
 4 47% (71) 24% (5) 42% (22) 41% (22)
 5 23% (34) 48% (10) 15% (8) 39% (21)
Ethnicity (child) % (n)
 White 63% (95) 62% (13) 39% (21) 44% (24)
 Black 31% (47) 20% (4) 41% (22) 39% (21)
 Hispanic 0 0 4% (2) 0
 Mixed Race 5% (8) 10% (2) 17% (9) 15% (8)
 Something Else .7% (1) 5% (1) 0 2% (1)
Education % (n)
 Highest level some college 15% (23) 10% (2) 24% (13) 28% (15)
 Highest level 4-year degree 58% (87) 76% (16) 63% (34) 56% (30)
 Greater than 4-year degree 27% (40) 14% (3) 13% (7) 17% (9)
Marital Satus % (n)
 Married 66% (99) 62% (13) 54% (29) 43% (23)
 Seperated 2% (3) 10% (2) 2% (1) 6% (3)
 Divorced 4% (6) 10% (2) 9% (5) 15% (8)
 Widowed 1% (2) 0 0 0
 Never Married 27% (40) 19% (4) 35% (19) 36% (19)
Income % (n)
 0–$20,000 22% (30) 16% (3) 36% (17) 35% (17)
 $20,001–$40,000 13% (19) 11% (2) 15% (7) 27% (13)
 $40,001–$60,000 17% (24) 21% (4) 17% (8) 18% (9)
 $60,000+ 48% (67) 53% (10) 32% (15) 20% (10)