Table 1.

Prevalence Estimates and Demographic Correlates of Lifetime Social Phobia and Subtypes in the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (N=10,123)

Correlates		n	Any Social Phobia		Non-Generalized		Generalized
			% (SE)	aOR (95% CI)	% (SE)	aOR (95% CI)	% (SE)	aOR (95% CI)
Sex
Female		5,170	9.2 (0.7)	1.17 (0.97–1.42)	3.4 (0.4)	0.80 (0.54–1.18)	5.9 (0.6)	1.58 (1.18–2.12)
Male		4,953	7.9 (0.6)	1.00	4.1 (0.5)	1.00	3.8 (0.4)	1.00
χ2(1)				2.7		1.3		9.8**
Age
13–14		3,870	6.3 (0.7)	1.00	2.9 (0.4)	1.00	3.3 (0.5)	1.00
15–16		3,897	9.6 (0.9)	1.56 (1.23–1.98)	4.3 (0.6)	1.47 (1.06–2.02)	5.3 (0.7)	1.60 (1.06–2.40)
17–18		2,356	10.4 (1.0)	1.71 (1.22–2.40)	4.1 (0.7)	1.38 (0.84–2.29)	6.3 (0.8)	1.94 (1.30–2.91)
χ2(2)				20.3***		6.0		11.5**
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanics		1,914	8.3 (1.5)	1.02 (0.64–1.61)	2.5 (0.4)	0.66 (0.40–1.07)	5.8 (1.2)	1.35 (0.79–2.32)
Non-Hispanic Black		1,953	8.3 (1.5)	1.03 (0.63–1.66)	3.3 (1.0)	0.89 (0.42–1.91)	5.0 (0.9)	1.15 (0.73–1.81)
Other		622	10.0 (1.5)	1.25 (0.87–1.80)	4.0 (0.9)	1.04 (0.63–1.74)	6.0 (1.2)	1.43 (0.91–2.24)
Non-Hispanic White		5,634	8.6 (0.6)	1.00	4.1 (0.5)	1.00	4.4 (0.5)	1.00
χ2(3)				1.6		6.0		3.7
Poverty Index Ratio
<=1.5 Poor		1,717	8.3 (0.9)	0.89 (0.62–1.29)	2.7 (0.5)	0.67 (0.41–1.08)	5.7 (0.8)	1.07 (0.65–1.76)
<=3.0		2,023	6.9 (0.8)	0.73 (0.51–1.02)	3.0 (0.5)	0.73 (0.46–1.15)	3.9 (0.6)	0.75 (0.48–1.16)
<=6.0		3,101	8.6 (0.7)	0.90 (0.69–1.18)	4.1 (0.4)	0.98 (0.70–1.38)	4.4 (0.5)	0.85 (0.60–1.20)
> 6.0		3,282	9.6 (0.9)	1.00	4.3 (0.6)	1.00	5.2 (0.7)	1.00
χ2(3)				4.9		4.3		3.5
Total		10,123	8.6 [0.5)		3.8 (0.3)		4.8 (0.4)

Note: P values are based on Wald chi-square tests. aOR=Models adjusted for adolescent sex, age, race/ethnicity, and poverty index ratio. CI = confidence interval.

^**p ≤ 0. 01;

^***p ≤ 0.001