Table 1.
Lifetime Prevalence and Odds Ratios of DSM-IV Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Sociodemographic Characteristics and Sex
| Characteristic | Total |
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (SE) | OR (99% CI) | % (SE) | OR (99% CI) | % (SE) | OR (99%) | |
| Total | 6.2 (0.20) | |||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 7.7 (0.30) | 1.8 (1.52–2.05) | ||||
| Female | 4.8 (0.22) | 1.0 | ||||
| Age, y | ||||||
| 20–29 | 9.4 (0.53) | 3.0 (2.22–4.16) | 11.5 (0.81) | 3.0 (1.98–4.50) | 7.4 (0.65) | 3.2 (1.99–5.15) |
| 30–44 | 7.1 (0.30) | 2.5 (1.88–3.30) | 8.3 (0.50) | 2.2 (1.59–3.10) | 6.0 (0.37) | 2.9 (1.94–4.32) |
| 45–64 | 5.6 (0.30) | 1.9 (1.47–2.54) | 7.0 (0.51) | 1.8 (1.27–2.56) | 4.2 (0.30) | 2.1 (1.39–3.07) |
| 65+ | 3.2 (0.26) | 1.0 | 4.3 (0.41) | 1.0 | 2.3 (0.28) | 1.0 |
| Race-ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 5.0 (0.18) | 1.0 | 6.8 (0.31) | 1.0 | 3.3 (0.19) | 1.0 |
| Black | 12.5 (0.67) | 2.3 (1.93–2.80) | 13.6 (0.92) | 1.9 (1.45–2.39) | 11.6 (0.75) | 3.0 (2.33–3.89) |
| Native American | 7.1 (1.25) | 1.4 (0.83–2.31) | 9.5 (2.37) | 1.4 (0.65–2.81) | 5.2 (1.35) | 1.5 (0.70–3.12) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 5.4 (0.97) | 1.0 (0.59–1.73) | 5.8 (1.46) | 0.8 (0.36–1.63) | 5.0 (1.20) | 1.5 (0.73–2.97) |
| Hispanic | 7.5 (0.60) | 1.3 (1.01–1.70) | 8.3 (0.86) | 1.1 (0.76–1.49) | 6.8 (0.55) | 1.8 (1.31–2.41) |
| Family income, $ | ||||||
| 0–19,999 | 7.4 (0.43) | 1.2 (0.98–1.56) | 9.9 (0.78) | 1.3 (0.94–1.78) | 5.9 (0.40) | 1.1 (0.79–1.59) |
| 20,000–34,999 | 7.0 (0.37) | 1.2 (0.98–1.52) | 9.0 (0.67) | 1.3 (0.98–1.81) | 5.3 (0.41) | 1.1 (0.76–1.49) |
| 35,000–69,999 | 5.7 (0.28) | 1.0 (0.83–1.23) | 7.0 (0.43) | 1.0 (0.78–1.30) | 4.5 (0.32) | 1.0 (0.74–1.32) |
| ≥70,000 | 5.3 (0.28) | 1.0 | 6.6 (0.46) | 1.0 | 3.8 (0.36) | 1.0 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 5.0 (0.20) | 1.0 | 6.3 (0.32) | 1.0 | 3.6 (0.23) | 1.0 |
| Separated/widowed/divorced | 7.3 (0.40) | 1.7 (1.46–2.04) | 11.0 (0.79) | 1.8 (1.44–2.36) | 5.5 (0.36) | 1.7 (1.33–2.17) |
| Never married | 9.5 (0.50) | 1.3 (1.04–1.61) | 10.4 (0.68) | 1.1 (0.85–1.54) | 8.5 (0.59) | 1.5 (1.14–2.05) |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school graduate | 6.6 (0.42) | 1.0 (0.76–1.22) | 8.1 (0.74) | 0.9 (0.66–1.27) | 5.2 (0.43) | 1.1 (0.79–1.44) |
| High school graduate | 5.9 (0.32) | 0.9 (0.78–1.11) | 7.2 (0.50) | 0.9 (0.68–1.09) | 4.8 (0.35) | 1.1 (0.84–1.37) |
| Some college or higher | 6.2 (0.25) | 1.0 | 7.8 (0.37) | 1.0 | 4.7 (0.28) | 1.0 |
| Urbanicity | ||||||
| Urban | 6.3 (0.21) | 1.1 (0.88–1.35) | 7.8 (0.32) | 1.1 (0.83–1.52) | 4.8 (0.23) | 1.0 (0.76–1.39) |
| Rural | 5.8 (0.42) | 1.0 | 7.1 (0.72) | 1.0 | 4.6 (0.47) | 1.0 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 5.9 (0.38) | 0.9 (0.70–1.14) | 7.4 (0.60) | 0.9 (0.66–1.22) | 4.5 (0.42) | 0.9 (0.63–1.22) |
| Midwest | 5.9 (0.44) | 0.9 (0.70–1.15) | 7.8 (0.72) | 1.0 (0.70–1.36) | 4.2 (0.44) | 0.8 (0.56–1.10) |
| South | 6.2 (0.31) | 0.9 (0.76–1.14) | 7.5 (0.45) | 0.9 (0.71–1.19) | 4.9 (0.35) | 0.9 (0.71–1.25) |
| West | 6.6 (0.37) | 1.0 | 8.1 (0.57) | 1.0 | 5.2 (0.41) | 1.0 |
Estimates in boldface are statistically significant (p < 0.01).