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Table 1 Comparative Descriptive Statistics: Outpatient vs. Residential

From: Differential effectiveness of residential versus outpatient aftercare for parolees from prison-based therapeutic community treatment programs

 

Outpatient

Residential

Tests of Significance

N

1,342

2,823

 

Background

   

   Age (Mean/SD)

37.9 (8.4)

36.0 (8.4)

t[4,163] = 6.630, p < .001

   Sex

   

Male

68.3%

59.5%

X2[1, 4,165] = 29.395, p < .001

Female

31.7%

40.5%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

Criminal Background

   

   Lifetime years in prison (Mean/SD)

   

2 years or less

36.1%

46.2%

X2[5, 3,897] = 41.301, p < .001

2.01 to 4.00 years

19.9%

18.8%

 

4.01 to 6.00 years

16.1%

12.6%

 

6.01 to 8.00 years

8.4%

6.1%

 

8.01 to 10.00 years

6.1%

5.8%

 

More than 10 years

13.4%

10.5%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Most recent offense*

   

Violent

15.9%

9.9%

X2[3, 4,162] = 43.810, p < .001

Property

28.8%

29.8%

 

Drug

48.7%

55.7%

 

Other

6.6%

4.6%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Next Arrest Strike Number

   

First Strike

24.2%

18.2%

X2[4, 3,967] = 36.326, p < .001

Second Strike

11.3%

10.0%

 

Third Strike

11.5%

9.0%

 

None of the Above

35.8%

41.5%

 

Don't Know

17.2%

21.3%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Level of Security

   

Felons

87.3%

50.3%

X2[1, 4,165] = 531.586, p < .001

Civil Addicts

12.7%

49.7%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

Drug Use

   

   Alcohol/drug disoder

   

Neither/Abuse

23.0%

14.5%

X2[1, 3,951] = 44.166, p < .001

Dependence

77.0%

85.5%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Most frequently cited problem

   

drug prior to incarceration

   

Alcohol

10.0%

7.7%

X2[4, 3,933] = 56.176, p < .001

Cocaine/Crack

23.4%

25.1%

 

Meth/Amphetamine/Stimulants

29.8%

38.6%

 

Opiates

18.6%

17.4%

 

Other drug**

18.2%

11.2%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Frequent user prior to prison

77.6%

84.0%

X2[1, 4,165] = 25.296, p < .001

Involvement in Drug Treatment

   

   Time in prison treatment

   

0 to 90 days

7.1%

9.1%

X2[3, 3,520] = 30.597, p < .001

91 to 180 days

18.1%

13.3%

 

181 to 270 days

29.8%

25.1%

 

More than 270 days

45.0%

52.5%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

   Time in Aftercare: Episode 1

   

0 to 90 days

58.0%

67.0%

X2[1, 4,165] = 31.836, p < .001

More than 90 days

42.0%

33.0%

 
 

100.0%

100.0%

 

Attended Aftercare: Post-Episode 1

16.2%

21.3%

X2[1, 4,165] = 15.301, p < .001

  1. * Data obtained from CDC Offender-Based Information System.
  2. ** Includes tranquilizers, hallucinogens, other drugs
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