Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the adolescent and adult samples

	Adolescents NCS-A (n = 912)a	Adults NCS-R (n = 805)a
Female, weighted % (s.e.)	69.0 (2.2)	64.2 (2.0)
Age, years: weighted % (s.e.)
13–14	26.3 (2.9)
15–16	46.4 (2.6)
17–18	27.3 (2.1)
18–29		28.4 (1.9)
30–44		37.1 (1.7)
45–59		26.1 (1.6)
≥60		8.4 (1.0)
Education, years: weighted mean (s.e.)	9.2 (0.1)	13.0 (0.1)
Ethnicity, weighted % (s.e.)
Black	15.2 (1.5)	10.4 (1.5)
Hispanic	17.2 (1.9)	10.1 (1.7)
Other	5.1 (1.2)	5.2 (0.7)
White	62.4 (2.7)	74.3 (2.7)
Marital status, weighted % (s.e.)
Married/cohabitating	NA	42.6 (2.1)
Separated/widowed/divorced	NA	27.0 (1.8)
Never married	NA	30.4 (2.0)
Employment, weighted % (s.e.)
Working	1.7 (0.5)	63.4 (2.3)
Student	94.4 (1.3)	3.0 (0.8)
Homemaker	0	5.7 (0.9)
Retired	0	7.5 (1.0)
Other	3.9 (1.2)	20.3 (1.9)

NA, not applicable; NCS-A, National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement; NCS-R, National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

^aUnweighted.