Studies investigating the relationship between socioeconomic status and the risk of GAD in adolescents have produced mixed results. Vine and colleagues found that adolescents had a higher likelihood of developing GAD if their parents had a lower occupational status, income, and educational level.18 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, in contrast, found that adolescents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds had lower rates of GAD than their wealthier counterparts.