TABLE 5—
Multivariate Associations of Absolute and Relative SES Indicators With 12-Month DSM-IV Mental Disorders, by Ethnicity: National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, February 2001–January 2004
| Indicator | Black (n = 1097),OR (95% CI) | Hispanic/Latino (n = 758),OR (95% CI) | Non-Hispanic White (n = 4257),OR (95% CI) | χ2 (P) |
| Parent Education | 4.4 (.62)a | |||
| < high school | 1.5 (0.8, 3.0) | 1.3 (0.6, 2.8) | 1.2 (0.7, 2.0) | |
| High school | 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) | 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) | |
| Some college | 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) | 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) | 1.4* (1.1, 1.7) | |
| χ23 (P) | 2.2 (.533) | 1.2 (0.762) | 10.6* (0.014) | |
| Family Income | 5.5 (.48)a | |||
| <1.5 × poverty | 1.3 (0.7, 2.6) | 0.5 (0.2, 1.1) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) | |
| >1.5 and < 3 × poverty | 1.2 (0.6, 2.3) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.5) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) | |
| >3 and < 6 × poverty | 1.0 (0.6, 1.9) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.5) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) | |
| χ23 (P) | 1.6 (0.665) | 4.9 (0.176) | 2.9 (0.415) | |
| Relative SES indicators | 23.0* (< .001)a | |||
| Relative deprivation | 1.0 (1.0, 1.1) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 1.0 (1.0, 1.1) | 0.2 (.92)b |
| Tract-level inequality | 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.0) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 1.6 (.45)b |
| Subjective social status | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 0.8* (0.7, 0.9) | 0.7* (0.7, 0.8) | 21.3* (< .001)b |
Note. CI = confidence interval; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; OR = odds ratio; SES = socioeconomic status. Models were estimated in a logistic regression framework that included all indicators of SES (parent education, parent income, tract-level relative deprivation, subjective social status, and tract-level inequality) and controlled for age and gender. Adolescents whose race/ethnicity was classified as “Other” were excluded because of the small number of adolescents in this group. The associations of the 9 SES indicators, as a set, differed significantly across the 3 racial/ethnic groups, χ218 = 101.1, P < .001. The sample size was n = 6483.
Chi-square test for variation in the association of each group of SES indicators (parent education, family income, and relative SES) with mental disorder across the 3 racial/ethnic groups.
Chi-square test for variation in the association of each individual relative SES indicator with mental disorder across the 3 racial/ethnic groups.
*P < .05, 2-sided test.