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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Spectr. 2015 Apr;20(2):130–139. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000182

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with and without anger in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Anger
(n=2,738)
No Anger
(n=31,704) a
Overall Prevalence 7.81% (7.41-8.22) 92.19% (91.78-92.59)
Characteristic % 95% CI % 95% CI OR 95% CI
Sex
 Men 52.26 50.14 54.38 47.57 46.86 48.28 1.21 1.11 1.32
 Womena 47.74 45.62 49.86 52.43 51.72 53.14 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/ethnicity
 Whitea 72.76 69.32 75.95 70.82 67.64 73.81 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Black 11.05 9.46 12.87 11.04 9.76 12.45 0.97 0.85 1.11
 Asian 2.46 1.65 3.66 4.37 3.44 5.55 0.55 0.39 0.78
 Native American 3.04 2.25 4.10 2.11 1.78 2.50 1.40 1.02 1.93
 Hispanic 10.69 8.46 13.41 11.66 9.46 14.28 0.89 0.78 1.02
Nativity
 Born in the United Statesa 92.00 89.67 93.84 85.76 82.75 88.32 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Born outside United States 8.00 6.16 10.33 14.24 11.68 17.25 0.52 0.45 0.61
Age
18-29a 22.23 20.32 24.27 15.91 15.24 16.59 1.00 1.00 1.00
30-44 36.15 33.85 38.53 29.19 28.42 29.96 0.89 0.76 1.03
45-64 33.43 31.34 35.58 34.72 34.04 35.42 0.69 0.60 0.79
65+ 8.19 6.99 9.57 20.18 19.47 20.92 0.29 0.24 0.35
Marital Status
Married or cohabitinga 57.80 55.48 60.08 64.35 63.35 65.34 1.00 1.00 1.00
Widowed/separated/divorced 20.66 19.06 22.35 18.65 18.12 19.19 1.23 1.10 1.38
Never married 21.54 19.72 23.49 17.00 16.06 17.98 1.41 1.23 1.61
Education
 Less than High school 14.66 12.98 16.51 13.91 13.04 14.82 1.05 0.91 1.19
 High school graduate 22.61 20.49 24.87 23.90 22.99 24.83 0.94 0.83 1.06
 Some college or highera 62.74 60.21 65.19 62.20 61.05 63.32 1.00 1.00 1.00
Individual Income
0-19,000a 48.57 45.98 51.18 41.60 40.47 42.73 1.00 1.00 1.00
20,000-34,000 22.62 20.78 24.58 23.15 22.42 23.89 0.84 0.73 0.95
35,000-69,000 21.57 19.72 23.55 24.57 23.79 25.36 0.75 0.66 0.86
>70,000 7.23 5.92 8.82 10.69 9.83 11.61 0.58 0.47 0.71
Family Income
0-19,000a 24.05 21.96 26.29 19.13 18.20 20.09 1.00 1.00 1.00
20,000-34,000 20.58 18.67 22.64 18.70 18.01 19.42 0.88 0.75 1.02
35,000-69,000 31.24 29.19 33.37 32.37 31.57 33.19 0.77 0.67 0.87
>70,000 24.13 21.84 26.57 29.80 28.33 31.31 0.64 0.55 0.75
Employment Status
Employeda 62.89 60.57 65.15 65.34 64.51 66.16 1.00 1.00 1.00
Unemployed 37.11 34.85 39.43 34.66 33.84 35.49 1.11 1.01 1.23
Urbanicity
 Rural 16.13 14.17 18.30 16.32 15.26 17.44 0.99 0.86 1.13
 Urbana 83.87 81.70 85.83 83.68 82.56 84.74 1.00 1.00 1.00
a

Reference group.

OR= odds ratio, CI= confidence interval.