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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Mar 1;65(3):359–366. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100518

Table 2.

NCS-A Demographic correlates of receiving the type of services in youth

Demographic correlates Type of service sector that youth received a treatment for a DSM-IV disorder (n=1,725) Service from any sector among youth with a DSM-IV disorder (n=2,757)
Mental Health Specialty General Medical Human Service CAM Juvenile Justice School Service
AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI AOR1 95% CI
Sex (Reference: male)
 Female 1.42 .95-2.11 .92 .50-1.67 1.88* 1.09-3.24 1.16 .68-1.96 0.39*** .24-.66 0.49** .32-.74 0.73* .57-0.94
Race/Ethnicity (Reference: Non-Hispanic White)
 Hispanic 1.04 .52-2.08 .81 .41-1.60 .66 .23-1.91 .43 .16-1.18 1.14 .49-2.61 .51 .25-1.03 .75 .51-1.12
 Non-Hispanic Black .39** .22-.70 .64 .31-1.31 1.39 .75-2.59 .36* .17-.74 .67 .25-1.84 .95 .51-1.75 .63* .43-.93
 Other .40** .20-.79 1.55 .70-3.45 .51 .17-1.48 .50 .18-1.33 .69 .21-2.27 .88 .36-2.20 1.17 .49-2.78
Region (Reference: West)
 Northeast 1.2 .62-2.33 .59 .30-1.15 .66 .29-1.53 1.38 .66-2.91 .98 .28-3.39 1.42 .74-2.76 1.01 .67-1.53
 Midwest 1.12 .68-1.84 .65 .37-1.12 .89 .51-1.53 .78 .45-1.37 2.32 .88-6.13 1.34 .71-2.53 .86 .56-1.31
 South .74 .38-1.43 .57 .30-1.07 .90 .42-1.94 .40* .19-.82 1.30 .45-3.78 2.68** 1.47-4.87 .85 .53-1.34
Urbanicity (Reference: Rural)
 Metro 1.08 .64-1.81 0.85 .50-1.43 1.52 .73-3.19 1.51 .52-4.35 .43 .16-1.17 2.50*** 1.54-4.08 1.32 .81-2.14
 Other 1.48 .89-2.46 0.79 .45-1.40 1.03 .58-1.81 1.57 .52-4.73 .91 .35-2.32 1.41 .82-2.45 1.4 .90-2.16
Parent education (Reference: College+)
 Less than high school .44*** .24-.82 .91 .33-2.52 2.07 .91-4.70 .40* .17-.93 1.57 .78-3.16 .74 .42-1.28 .95 .63-1.45
 High school .44*** .27-.71 1.05 .52-2.11 1.14 .65-1.97 .48* .25-.90 .87 .33-2.29 .95 .57-1.57 .88 .63-1.23
 Some college .50*** .32-.80 1.22 .57-2.60 1.04 .59-1.85 .48* .24-.95 1.13 .53-2.38 1.01 .66-1.54 1.02 .72-1.43
Live w/ Bio parents (Reference: 2)
 Live w/ no bio parents 2.27** 1.18-4.38 .80 .36-1.79 .63 .27-1.49 .66 .18-2.47 3.62** 1.61-8.14 .87 .50-1.50 2.77*** 1.88-4.08
 Live w/ 1 bio parents 1.61** 1.07-2.43 .83 .52-1.32 .88 .50-1.56 .85 .44-1.65 1.28 .86-1.92 1.14 .81-1.61 1.76*** 1.28-2.43
Birth order (Reference: Oldest)
Youngest 1.12 .67-1.87 .57* .34-.96 .92 .47-1.79 .80 .33-1.96 1.26 .51-3.09 1.04 .68-1.59 .97 .61-1.51
Middle .84 .47-1.50 .48* .26-.90 1.06 .60-1.89 1.80 .90-3.59 1.16 .57-2.38 1.17 .79-1.72 .93 .63-1.37
Poverty index ratio (Reference: >6)
 <=1.5 poor 1.3 .76-2.22 .68 .28-1.66 .55 .27-1.14 .63 .24-1.64 3.51* 1.28-9.61 1.07 .59-1.96 .78 .47-1.27
 <=3 .96 .56-1.66 1.40 .71-2.76 .88 .38-2.05 .97 .44-2.13 1.00 .39-2.54 1.76* 1.06-2.91 .96 .67-1.37
 <=6 1.04 .59-1.84 1.10 .58-2.10 1.08 .60-1.93 .75 .42-1.35 1.95 .99-3.84 .98 .54-1.79 .99 .67-1.45
Age .98 .86-1.12 1.00 .84-1.19 1.08 .88-1.32 1.02 .85-1.22 1.40*** 1.21-1.61 .99 .87-1.13 .95 .87-1.03
Number of siblings 1.03 .96-1.10 1.08 .98-1.18 1.09 .98-1.21 0.95 .71-1.27 1.00 .88-1.15 1.02 .95-1.08 1.00 .94-1.06
1

Adjusted for all demographic variables shown in the table and number of disorders;

***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05