. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 2.

Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2007 May;58(5):626–631. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.58.5.626

Table 2.

Sociodemographic predictors of awareness of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among respondents to the 2002 National Stigma Study–Children^a

Characteristic	OR	95% CI
Female^b	1.94^*	1.49–2.51
African American^b	.50^*	.35–.72
Other race^b	.38^*	.24–.62
Education	1.20^*	1.14–1.26
Income	1.00	1.00–1.00
Age	.99^*	.98–.99

To measure awareness, respondents were asked whether they had ever heard of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Summary analysis: χ²=127.7, df=6, N=1,139, p<.001

Men and white respondents served as the reference groups.

p<.001