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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Apr 12;90(2-3):145–158. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.02.023

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of NESARC Respondents with Any Lifetime DSM-IV Drug Use Disorder by Antisocial Behavioral Syndrome

Males (n=2,428) Females (n=1,640) Total (n=4,068) p-values

Characteristic,
% (SE)
ASPDa
(n=498)
AABSb
(n=1,046)
“CD Only”c
(n=47)
No Antisocial Behavioral Syndrome (n=837) ASPDa
(n=231)
AABSb
(n=675)
“CD Only”c
(n=30)
No Antisocial Behavioral Syndrome (n=704) ASPDa
(n=729)
AABSb
(n=1721)
“CD Only” c
(n=77)
No Antisocial Behavioral Syndrome (n=1541) Antisocial
Syndrome
Sex * Antisocial Syndrome Interaction
Male 72.3% (1.86) 66.6% (1.32) 62.6% (6.79) 57.3% (1.84) <0.0001
Age, years <0.0001 <0.0001
  18–29 40.3% (2.76) 26.8% (1.54) 25.1% (6.48) 23.8% (1.86) 41.4% (3.86) 34.5% (2.31) 35.3% (9.95) 27.5% (2.14) 40.6% (2.17) 29.4% (1.39) 28.9% (5.50) 25.4% (1.40)
  30–44 33.7% (2.92) 44.8% (1.86) 54.1% (7.73) 42.2% (1.85) 46.3% (4.02) 44.5% (2.30) 39.4% (10.48) 44.0% (2.19) 37.2% (2.19) 44.7% (1.44) 48.6% (6.48) 43.0% (1.45)
  45–64 25.6% (2.30) 27.7% (1.54) 19.3% (7.31) 32.4% (2.11) 12.3% (2.15) 20.2% (1.67) 25.3% (11.25) 27.1% (2.20) 21.9% (1.72) 25.2% (1.17) 21.5% (6.17) 30.1% (1.51)
  65+ 0.4% (0.22) 0.7% (0.26) 1.5% (1.52) 1.6% (0.39) 0.0% (0.00) 0.9% (0.56) 0.0% (0.00) 1.4% (0.51) 0.3% (0.16) 0.8% (0.24) 1.0% (0.95) 1.5% (0.31)
Race/ethnicity 0.001 <0.0001
  White, non-Hispanic 73.1% (2.70) 76.5% (1.74) 83.6% (6.20) 78.4% (2.00) 68.2% (3.94) 78.4% (2.21) 65.6% (9.64) 82.2% (1.81) 71.8% (2.33) 77.2% (1.51) 76.9% (5.67) 80.0% (1.58)
  Black, non-Hispanic 7.9% (1.29) 10.2% (1.08) 7.5% (3.83) 10.0% (1.23) 13.8% (2.86) 9.4% (1.26) 8.0% (4.65) 6.8% (0.93) 9.6% (1.24) 9.9% (0.91) 7.7% (2.96) 8.7% (0.83)
  Native American 6.2% (1.37) 3.6% (0.82) 0.0% (0.00) 2.2% (0.57) 8.9% (2.75) 3.8% (0.90) 0.0% (0.00) 3.2% (0.84) 7.0% (1.32) 3.7% (0.62) 0.0% (0.00) 2.6% (0.52)
  Asian 2.3% (0.79) 1.6% (0.56) 0.0% (0.00) 2.1% (0.72) 0.9% (0.62) 1.0% (0.40) 6.7% (5.17) 1.1% (0.48) 1.9% (0.59) 1.4% (0.39) 2.5% (1.98) 1.7% (0.45)
  Hispanic 10.4% (1.98) 8.1% (1.19) 8.9% (5.06) 7.4% (1.18) 8.3% (1.69) 7.4% (1.30) 19.7% (7.63) 6.8% (1.27) 9.8% (1.58) 7.9% (1.02) 12.9% (4.70) 7.1% (1.07)
Marital status 0.03 0.89
  Married/cohabiting 48.6% (2.87) 56.7% (1.62) 55.9% (8.73) 58.0% (2.07) 45.3% (4.28) 52.1% (2.57) 59.1% (10.39) 57.1% (2.13) 47.7% (2.18) 55.2% (1.44) 57.1% (6.67) 57.6% (1.53)
  Separated/divorced/Widowed 15.5% (1.80) 14.5% (1.18) 10.3% (4.44) 13.8% (1.34) 24.7% (3.66) 22.8% (1.78) 8.6% (4.21) 18.1% (1.51) 18.0% (1.78) 17.3% (1.01) 9.7% (3.19) 15.6% (0.99)
  Never married 35.9% (2.74) 28.8% (1.52) 33.8% (8.66) 28.2% (1.94) 30.1% (3.68) 25.2% (1.95) 32.3% (9.95) 24.8% (1.97) 34.3% (2.23) 27.6% (1.27) 33.2% (6.43) 26.8% (1.34)
Education <0.0001 0.50
  Less than high school 22.2% (2.30) 15.2% (1.41) 9.9% (3.96) 8.7% (1.17) 23.4% (3.70) 10.7% (1.35) 16.7% (7.08) 8.0% (1.21) 22.5% (2.09) 13.7% (1.04) 12.4% (3.57) 8.4% (0.88)
  High school diploma 35.4% (2.62) 30.4% (1.74) 36.0% (8.21) 27.4% (2.21) 32.2% (3.55) 27.1% (2.19) 44.5% (11.11) 24.0% (1.95) 34.6% (2.08) 29.3% (1.39) 39.2% (6.65) 26.0% (1.55)
  Postsecondary education 42.4% (2.84) 54.4% (1.96) 54.1% (8.66) 63.8% (2.44) 44.4% (4.17) 62.3% (2.24) 38.9% (10.31) 68.0% (2.24) 42.9% (2.41) 57.0% (1.52) 48.4% (6.93) 65.6% (1.75)
Past-year personal income 0.0002 <0.0001
  Less than $19,999 47.3% (2.75) 36.7% (1.86) 34.4% (9.25) 30.4% (2.04) 69.1% (4.16) 64.0% (2.36) 60.1% (10.9) 52.5% (2.53) 53.3% (2.33) 45.8% (1.58) 44.0% (6.95) 39.8% (1.68)
  $20,000–34,999 26.2% (2.28) 24.5% (1.71) 30.6% (7.65) 21.2% (1.83) 20.7% (3.63) 21.6% (1.90) 27.7% (11.08) 22.1% (2.00) 24.7% (1.97) 23.5% (1.30) 29.5% (6.20) 21.6% (1.42)
  $35,000–69,999 19.8% (1.92) 28.5% (1.61) 27.1% (7.72) 33.0% (2.02) 7.0% (2.05) 12.8% (1.38) 12.2% (5.94) 18.6% (1.87) 16.3% (1.51) 23.2% (1.21) 21.6% (5.54) 26.8% (1.46)
  $70,000+ 6.7% (1.37) 10.3% (1.14) 7.9% (4.06) 15.5% (1.81) 3.2% (2.03) 1.7% (0.56) 0.0% (0.00) 6.9% (1.38) 5.8% (1.10) 7.4% (0.79) 5.0% (2.58) 11.8% (1.25)
Region of residence 0.09 0.62
  Northeast 14.5% (2.77) 15.8% (2.78) 11.8% (5.05) 22.6% (4.09) 15.7% (3.79) 15.8% (2.89) 18.9% (9.64) 18.4% (3.65) 14.8% (2.67) 15.8% (2.57) 14.5% (5.04) 20.8% (3.68)
  Midwest 23.0% (3.77) 25.1% (3.39) 26.3% (9.10) 21.5% (3.43) 28.4% (4.83) 24.2% (3.49) 40.5% (11.64) 25.0% (3.87) 24.5% (3.66) 24.8% (3.21) 31.6% (7.49) 23.0% (3.31)
  South 28.9% (3.63) 30.9% (3.22) 27.5% (7.93) 30.8% (3.71) 23.5% (4.19) 29.3% (3.37) 18.7% (7.30) 28.7% (3.75) 27.4% (3.24) 30.4% (3.03) 24.2% (6.06) 29.9% (3.34)
  West 33.7% (4.48) 28.2% (3.76) 34.5% (9.52) 25.1% (4.58) 32.3% (5.01) 30.7% (4.15) 21.9% (9.87) 27.9% (4.11) 33.3% (4.27) 29.0% (3.68) 29.8% (7.34) 26.3% (3.95)
Urban (vs. rural) residence 77.2% (3.17) 80.3% (2.03) 91.2% (4.21) 82.3% (2.38) 82.8% (3.41) 75.7% (3.02) 81.3% (9.29) 84.4% (2.24) 78.7% (2.68) 78.8% (2.06) 87.5% (4.99) 83.2% (1.91) 0.06 0.06
a

ASPD: antisocial personality disorder.

b

AABS: adult antisocial behavior without conduct disorder before age 15 years.

c

“CD Only”: conduct disorder without adult antisocial behavior.