TABLE 3.
Action-Sign Frequency According to Age, Gender, and Informant
| Symptom Profile | Youth Samplea |
Frequency Comparison |
Parent Samplec |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 7–11 y, % | Age 12–17 y, % | Total, n/N (%) | χ2 | dfb | P | Age 7–11 y, % | Age 12–17 y, % | Total, n/N (%) | |
| Any indicator | |||||||||
| Male | 6.1 | 10.4 | 753/7604 (9.9) | 36.9 | 1 | <.0001 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 310/4621 (6.7) |
| Female | 8.3 | 12.0 | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | 8.7 | — |
| Severe sadness | |||||||||
| Male | 0.4 | 1.1 | 84/7604 (1.1) | 0.74 | 1 | NS | 0.7 | 1.9 | 59/4621 (1.3) |
| Female | 0.6 | 1.6 | — | — | — | — | 1.2 | 2.0 | — |
| Suicidality | |||||||||
| Male | 1.9 | 2.7 | 238/7604 (3.1) | 75.7 | 1 | <.0001 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 34/4621 (0.7) |
| Female | 1.8 | 4.7 | — | — | — | — | 0.4 | 1.0 | — |
| Severe anxiety | |||||||||
| Male | 1.9 | 2.4 | 180/7604 (2.4) | 8.1 | 1 | <.005 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 149/4621 (3.2) |
| Female | 3.2 | 2.2 | — | — | — | — | 2.8 | 4.2 | — |
| Vomiting or laxative use | |||||||||
| Male | 0.1 | 0.3 | 30/7604 (0.4) | 18.3 | 1 | <.0001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0/4621 (0.0) |
| Female | 0.3 | 0.7 | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Fighting/weapon use | |||||||||
| Male | 1.0 | 2.4 | 140/7604 (1.8) | 22.9 | 1 | <.0001 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 36/4621 (0.8) |
| Female | 1.2 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | 1.2 | — |
| Dangerously inattentive or hyperactive | |||||||||
| Male | 0.4 | 2.4 | 128/7604 (1.7) | 3.5 | 1 | <.06 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 58/4621 (1.3) |
| Female | 1.6 | 1.6 | — | — | — | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||
| Repeated drug use | |||||||||
| Male | 0.2 | 1.1 | 65/7604 (0.8) | 27.4 | 1 | <.0001 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5/4621 (0.1) |
| Female | 0.2 | 1.2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | ||
a
Sample size was 7604, which combines the MECA, Texas, Iowa, Bronx, and Puerto Rico samples.
b
χ2 statistics refer to frequency comparisons between youth and parent informants irrespective of gender and age groups.
c
Sample size was 4621, which combines the MECA, Iowa, Bronx, and Puerto Rico samples.