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Table 2 Reported Reasons for Treatment Entry: Relationship with Prior Use of Service

From: Substance abuse treatment client experience in an employed population: results of a client survey

 

Weighted percent (standard error)

Reasons for entering treatment

Total

Prior treatment users

First-time treatment users

Health concerns

65.4 (4.0)

69.3 (6.0)

62.6 (5.3)

Difficulties at home, with family or friends

62.8 (4.1)

74.5 (5.6)*

54.3 (5.5)

Difficulties at work

41.6 (4.2)

51.6 (6.5)*

34.2 (5.3)

Financial concerns

30.1 (3.9)

39.3 (6.3)*

23.5 (4.7)

Legal concerns

18.0 (3.2)

22.1 (5.3)

14.9 (3.9)

None of the above

7.3 (2.2)

4.5 (2.6)

9. 4 (3.2)

Total (row)

100.0

42.2 (4.1)

57.8 (4.1)

  1. Note: Denominators for each cell vary slightly due to missing data; percents calculated from non-missing data. All variables missing < 2%. Chi-square tests used for all comparisons.
  2. *p < .05