Table 3.
Sociodemographic Correlates of 12-Month DSM-IV/CIDI SED Without and With Controls for Type and Number of 12-Month Disorders Among 2647 Respondents With 1 or More Disordersa
| Correlate | OR (95% CI)
|
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|---|---|---|
| Without Controls | With Controls | |
| Age, y | ||
| 17–18 | 1.2 (0.7–1.9) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) |
| 16 | 1.5* (1.1–2.0) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) |
| 15 | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) |
| 13–14 | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| Female | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) |
| F1,38 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Race | ||
| Hispanic | 1.4 (0.7–2.6) | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 0.8* (0.7–1.0) |
| Other | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 2.9* | 4.9* |
| Parental educational levelb | ||
| Less than high school | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) |
| High school graduate | 1.5* (1.1–2.1) | 1.2 (1.0–1.4) |
| Some college | 1.6 (1.0–2.5) | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) |
| College graduate | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Family incomec | ||
| Low | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
| Low-average | 1.1 (0.6–1.8) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
| High-average | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) |
| High | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Census region | ||
| Northeast | 1.9 (0.6–6.0) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) |
| Midwest | 1.3 (0.8–2.2) | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) |
| South | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) |
| West | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
| Urbanicity | ||
| Census major metropolitan area | 1.3 (0.8–2.0) | 1.0 (0.7–1.2) |
| Other urbanized county | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
| Rural county | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F2,39 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| No. of biological parents living with the adolescent | ||
| 0 | 5.2* (2.3–11.4) | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) |
| 1 | 1.9* (1.3–2.6) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
| 2 | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F2,39 | 9.1* | 2.7 |
| Birth order | ||
| Oldest | 1.1 (0.6–1.8) | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) |
| Middle | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) |
| Youngest | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) |
| Only | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F3,38 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| No. of siblingsd | ||
| ≥3 | 1.1 (0.7–1.6) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
| 2 | 1.1 (0.8–1.4) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
| 0–1 | 1.0 [Reference] | 1.0 [Reference] |
| F2,39 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Abbreviations: CIDI, Composite International Diagnostic Interview; OR, odds ratio; SED, serious emotional disturbance.
Based on a multivariate model that includes all the sociodemographic correlates as predictors of SED estimated in the subsample of respondents with 1 or more 12-month disorders. The model with controls also includes as predictors the variables in the best-fitting model of type and number of disorders in Table 2. See Table 1 for the distribution of the sociodemographic predictor variables. Asterisks indicate OR is significant using 2-sided tests with an α level of .05.
Educational level was coded at the higher of the 2 levels when parents differed in levels of education.
For classification of family income, see the “Sociodemographic Variables” subsubsection in the “Measures” subsection in the “Methods” section.
Although respondents with no siblings are coded 0 on all 3 number of siblings dummy variables, the category of having 0 siblings is identical to the category of being an only child in the birth order variable. As a result, the coefficients in the number of siblings variable (2 or ≥3 siblings) are contrasted with the deleted category of having 1 sibling.