Table 1.

Characteristics of the 189 clients of an inner-city mental health clinic with serious mental disorders and 968 community participants from the same catchment area^*

	Clinic sample		Community sample
	N = 189		N = 968		Odds ratio
	n	(%)	n	(%)	OR	95% CI	p
Age, years
16–24	24	(12.7)	107	(11.1)	1	—	—
25–40	49	(25.9)	241	(24.9)	0.91	0.53–1.55	0.72
40–55	71	(37.6)	285	(29.4)	1.11	0.66–1.86	0.69
55+	45	(23.8)	335	(34.6)	0.60	0.35–1.03	0.06
Gender
Male	68	(36.0)	388	(40.1)	1	—	—
Female	121	(64.0)	580	(59.9)	1.19	0.86–1.65	0.29
Education
Did not complete high school	62	(32.8)	185	(19.1)	1	—	—
Completed high school	61	(32.3)	352	(36.4)	0.52	0.35–0.77	< 0.01
Attended college	48	(25.4)	186	(19.2)	0.77	0.50–1.18	0.23
Completed college	18	(9.5)	245	(25.3)	0.22	0.13–0.38	< 0.01

^*Numbers and analyses reflect cases with complete data for age, gender, and education.

CI: confidence interval