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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Sep 27;52(12):1294–1303.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.09.008

Table 2.

Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders and Association Between Sociodemographic Variables and Anxiety Disorders

Generalized anxiety disorder Separation anxiety disorder Social phobia Any anxiety disorder
Prevalence of disorder, weighted % (95%CI) 8.6 (6.0–11.2) 10.5 (7.7–13.4) 7.5 (4.8–10.2) 19.4 (15.3–23.6)
Unweighted, n 175 194 135 327

Association between sociodemographic variables and disorder: OR (95% CI)
Age 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 1.3 (0.9–1.7) 0.9 (0.7–1.2)
Gender 1.4 (0.7–2.7) 0.5 (0.3–0.9)* 0.8 (0.4–1.8) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Ethnic origin/Race
 Non-Hispanic white vs. Hispanic 1.0 (0.3–3.2) 0.9 (0.3–2.5) 0.7 (0.2–2.5) 1.1 (0.4–2.6)
 Non-Hispanic white vs. Non-Hispanic black 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 0.7 (0.3–1.2)
Family income 2.0 (0.8–5.1) 1.9 (0.8–4.3) 1.4 (0.5–3.8) 2.0 (0.8–4.7)
Primary caregiver education 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 1.2 (0.9–1.7)
Biological parents living with child 0.5 (0.3–0.8)** 0.7 (0.7–1.2) 1.5 (1.2–2.4) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Sibling, n 1.5 (1.1–2.2)* 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 1.5 (1.0–2.4)* 1.4 (1.0–1.9)*

Note: Any anxiety disorder = generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), separation anxiety disorder (SAD), or social phobia (SOC). OR = Odds ratio.

*

p< 0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001