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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 6;51(12):1293–1303. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.09.009

TABLE 3.

Multivariate Associations (Odds-Ratios [OR]) of Food Insecurity and Socioeconomic Factors With Past-Year DSM-IV Mental Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)^a (n = 6,483)

	Any Disorder OR (95% CI)	Mood Disorder OR (95% CI)	Anxiety Disorder OR (95% CI)	Behavior Disorder OR (95% CI)	Substance Disorder OR (95% CI)
Parental education
Less than HS	1.3 (0.9–1.8)	0.9 (0.6–1.4)	1.5^* (1.1–2.0)	1.3 (0.8–2.1)	1.5 (0.8–2.7)
HS	1.1 (0.9–1.4)	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.1 (0.9–1.4)	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.1 (0.7–1.7)
Some college	1.3^* (1.1–1.6)	1.3^* (1.1–1.7)	1.3^* (1.0–1.6)	1.3^* (1.0–1.7)	1.6^* (1.0–2.6)
^χ2₃(p)	8.1 (.044)	6.9 (0.07)	8.1 (.045)	4.0 (.26)	6.5 (.09)
Household income
< 1.5× poverty line	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	0.7 (0.4–1.1)	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.5 (0.3–0.9)
> 1.5–< 3× poverty line	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	0.5 (0.3–1.1)
> 3–< 6× poverty line	1.0 (0.8–1.1)	0.8 (0.6–1.0)	1.0 (0.8–1.4)	1.0 (0.8–1.3)	0.8 (0.5–1.2)
^χ2₃(p)	1.7 (.65)	4.3 (.23)	0.6 (.90)	4.1 (.25)	6.0 (.11)
Relative deprivation^b	1.0 (1.0–1.0)	0.9^* (0.9–1.0)	1.0 (1.0–1.0)	1.0 (0.9–1.0)	0.9 (0.9–1.0)
Community-level inequality^b	1.0 (0.9–1.0)	1.0 (0.9–1.1)	1.0 (0.9–1.1)	1.0 (0.9–1.1)	0.9 (0.8–1.0)
Subjective social status^b	0.8^* (0.7–0.9)	0.8^* (0.7–0.9)	0.9^* (0.8–0.9)	0.8^* (0.7–0.8)	0.7^* (0.6–0.8)
Food insecurity^c	1.1^* (1.1–1.2)	1.1^* (1.0–1.2)	1.1^* (1.0–1.2)	1.2^* (1.1–1.3)	1.2^* (1.0–1.3)

Note: HS = high school.

Models control for age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

Variables are standardized to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

Higher scores indicate greater food insecurity.

p < .05.