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. 2019 Aug 23;2(8):e1910005. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10005

Table 3. Prevalence and Association of Childhood Parental Incarceration With Offspring Adult Psychiatric Diagnoses.

Diagnosis No. (%)a OR (95% CI)b P Value OR (95% CI)c P Value P Value for Sex Differenced
No Incarceration (nā€‰=ā€‰893) Any Parental Figure Incarcerated (nā€‰=ā€‰441)
Any anxiety diagnosis 138 (13.8) 79 (27.6) 2.4 (1.4-4.0) .001 1.7 (1.0-3.0) .04 .52
Any depressive diagnosis 108 (9.3) 49 (13.3) 1.4 (0.7-2.6) .31 0.9 (0.5-1.6) .63 .80
Substance use disorder diagnosis 142 (18.5) 106 (29.5) 2.0 (1.2-3.3) .009 2.5 (1.4-4.3) .002 .53
Alcohol use disorder diagnosis 72 (11.7) 47 (13.9) 1.3 (0.7-2.6) .42 2.2 (1.0-4.8) .05 .74
Cannabis use disorder diagnosis 55 (5.7) 49 (14.4) 2.1 (0.8-5.0) .12 3.5 (1.7-7.3) <.001 .12
Illicit drug use disorder diagnosis 33 (2.7) 46 (11.4) 5.3 (2.3-12.2) <.001 6.6 (2.6-17.0) <.001 .04

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

a

Numbers are unweighted, and percentages are weighted.

b

Adjusted for sex and race/ethnicity.

c

Adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, childhood psychiatric disorders, and childhood adversities. Child psychiatric disorders include anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and substance use disorders. Childhood adversities include low family socioeconomic status, familial instability, family dysfunction, maltreatment, and bullying.

d

Sex differences were assessed with an interaction term between sex and parental incarceration status.