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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Jul;69(7):1033–1045. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v69n0701

Table 1.

Lifetime Prevalence and Odds Ratios of DSM-IV Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Sociodemographic Characteristics and Sex

Characteristic Total
Men
Women
% (SE) OR (99% CI) % (SE) OR (99% CI) % (SE) OR (99%)
Total 6.2 (0.20)
Sex
 Male 7.7 (0.30) 1.8 (1.52–2.05)
 Female 4.8 (0.22) 1.0
Age, y
 20–29 9.4 (0.53) 3.0 (2.22–4.16) 11.5 (0.81) 3.0 (1.98–4.50) 7.4 (0.65) 3.2 (1.99–5.15)
 30–44 7.1 (0.30) 2.5 (1.88–3.30) 8.3 (0.50) 2.2 (1.59–3.10) 6.0 (0.37) 2.9 (1.94–4.32)
 45–64 5.6 (0.30) 1.9 (1.47–2.54) 7.0 (0.51) 1.8 (1.27–2.56) 4.2 (0.30) 2.1 (1.39–3.07)
 65+ 3.2 (0.26) 1.0 4.3 (0.41) 1.0 2.3 (0.28) 1.0
Race-ethnicity
 White 5.0 (0.18) 1.0 6.8 (0.31) 1.0 3.3 (0.19) 1.0
 Black 12.5 (0.67) 2.3 (1.93–2.80) 13.6 (0.92) 1.9 (1.45–2.39) 11.6 (0.75) 3.0 (2.33–3.89)
 Native American 7.1 (1.25) 1.4 (0.83–2.31) 9.5 (2.37) 1.4 (0.65–2.81) 5.2 (1.35) 1.5 (0.70–3.12)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 5.4 (0.97) 1.0 (0.59–1.73) 5.8 (1.46) 0.8 (0.36–1.63) 5.0 (1.20) 1.5 (0.73–2.97)
 Hispanic 7.5 (0.60) 1.3 (1.01–1.70) 8.3 (0.86) 1.1 (0.76–1.49) 6.8 (0.55) 1.8 (1.31–2.41)
Family income, $
 0–19,999 7.4 (0.43) 1.2 (0.98–1.56) 9.9 (0.78) 1.3 (0.94–1.78) 5.9 (0.40) 1.1 (0.79–1.59)
 20,000–34,999 7.0 (0.37) 1.2 (0.98–1.52) 9.0 (0.67) 1.3 (0.98–1.81) 5.3 (0.41) 1.1 (0.76–1.49)
 35,000–69,999 5.7 (0.28) 1.0 (0.83–1.23) 7.0 (0.43) 1.0 (0.78–1.30) 4.5 (0.32) 1.0 (0.74–1.32)
 ≥70,000 5.3 (0.28) 1.0 6.6 (0.46) 1.0 3.8 (0.36) 1.0
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 5.0 (0.20) 1.0 6.3 (0.32) 1.0 3.6 (0.23) 1.0
 Separated/widowed/divorced 7.3 (0.40) 1.7 (1.46–2.04) 11.0 (0.79) 1.8 (1.44–2.36) 5.5 (0.36) 1.7 (1.33–2.17)
 Never married 9.5 (0.50) 1.3 (1.04–1.61) 10.4 (0.68) 1.1 (0.85–1.54) 8.5 (0.59) 1.5 (1.14–2.05)
Education
 Less than high school graduate 6.6 (0.42) 1.0 (0.76–1.22) 8.1 (0.74) 0.9 (0.66–1.27) 5.2 (0.43) 1.1 (0.79–1.44)
 High school graduate 5.9 (0.32) 0.9 (0.78–1.11) 7.2 (0.50) 0.9 (0.68–1.09) 4.8 (0.35) 1.1 (0.84–1.37)
 Some college or higher 6.2 (0.25) 1.0 7.8 (0.37) 1.0 4.7 (0.28) 1.0
Urbanicity
 Urban 6.3 (0.21) 1.1 (0.88–1.35) 7.8 (0.32) 1.1 (0.83–1.52) 4.8 (0.23) 1.0 (0.76–1.39)
 Rural 5.8 (0.42) 1.0 7.1 (0.72) 1.0 4.6 (0.47) 1.0
Region
 Northeast 5.9 (0.38) 0.9 (0.70–1.14) 7.4 (0.60) 0.9 (0.66–1.22) 4.5 (0.42) 0.9 (0.63–1.22)
 Midwest 5.9 (0.44) 0.9 (0.70–1.15) 7.8 (0.72) 1.0 (0.70–1.36) 4.2 (0.44) 0.8 (0.56–1.10)
 South 6.2 (0.31) 0.9 (0.76–1.14) 7.5 (0.45) 0.9 (0.71–1.19) 4.9 (0.35) 0.9 (0.71–1.25)
 West 6.6 (0.37) 1.0 8.1 (0.57) 1.0 5.2 (0.41) 1.0

Estimates in boldface are statistically significant (p < 0.01).