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Table 1 Participant Sociodemographic and Pretreatment Characteristicsa

From: Examination of referral source and retention among women in residential substance use disorder treatment: a prospective follow-up study

 

CJ

CPS

Nonmandated

Mandated

Total

  

(N = 114)

(N = 82)

(N = 49)

(N = 196)

(N = 245)

 

Pairwisec

Characteristics

M (SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

Sign. test

P group significance

Number of days in treatment

133.86 (79.43)

116.59 (65.59)

96.11 (72.09)

126.61 (74.25)

120.64 (74.67)

F = 4.54

.012 CJ/NM; M/NM

Agee

32.89 (9.92)

30.33 (6.34)

33.76 (9.53)

31.82 (8.68)

32.21 (8.87)

F = 2.97

.053

Race and ethnicity

    

χ2 = 5.7

.458

 Non-Hispanic White

19 (16.67)

17 (20.73)

14 (28.57)

36 (18.37)

50 (20.41)

  

 Non-Hispanic Black

29 (25.44)

13 (15.85)

8 (16.33)

42 (21.43)

50 (20.41)

  

 Hispanic

64 (56.14)

51 (62.2)

26 (53.06)

115 (58.67)

141 (57.55)

  

 Other

2 (1.75)

1 (1.22)

1 (2.04)

3 (1.53)

4 (1.63)

  

Children

    

χ2 = 10.87

< .001 CJ/CPS; CPS/NM

 Yes

97 (85.09)

81 (98.78)

42 (85.71)

178 (90.82)

220 (89.8)

  

 No

17 (14.91)

1 (1.22)

7 (14.29)

18 (9.18)

25 (10.2)

  

Housing

    

χ2 = 1.41

.49

 Homeless or housing unstable

97 (85.09)

65 (79.27)

38 (79.17)

162 (82.65)

200 (81.97)

  

 Stable

17 (14.91)

17 (20.73)

10 (20.83)

34 (17.35)

45 (18.03)

  

Education

     

χ2 = 3.95

.41

 Less than high school diploma

51 (44.74)

41 (50.00)

25 (51.02)

92 (46.94)

117 (47.76)

  

 High school diploma or equivalent

33 (28.95)

25 (30.49)

9 (18.37)

58 (29.59)

67 (27.35)

  

 Some post-high school

30 (26.32)

16 (19.51)

15 (30.61)

46 (23.47)

61 (24.9)

  

Employment

 Full-time

11 (9.65)

14 (17.07)

9 (18.37)

25 (12.76)

34 (13.88)

  

 Part-time

13 (11.40)

8 (9.76)

9 (18.37)

21 (10.71)

30 (12.24)

  

 Not working

90 (78.95)

60 (73.17)

31 (63.27)

150 (76.53)

181 (73.88)

  

Number of mental health diagnosesb

     

χ2 = 1.22

.542

 None

51 (44.74)

29 (37.18)

21 (44.68)

80 (41.67)

101 (42.26)

  

 One or more

63 (55.26)

49 (62.82)

26 (55.32)

112 (58.33)

138 (57.74)

  

Mental health symptomologyd

 Posttraumatic stress symptomse

14.96 (12.18)

19.00 (11.99)

21.84 (13.81)

16.65 (12.23)

17.69 (12.71)

F = 5.91

.003 CJ/NM; M/NM

 Depression symptoms

3.87 (4.00)

5.79 (5.03)

7.47 (6.23)

4.67 (4.55)

5.23 (5.04)

F = 10.20

< .001 CJ/NM; CPS/CJ; M/NM

 Stress symptomse

5.69 (4.53)

8.05 (4.85)

8.96 (4.51)

6.68 (4.80)

7.13 (4.82)

F = 10.90

< .001 CJ/NM; CPS/CJ; M/NM

 Anxiety symptoms

4.53 (4.01)

6.26 (4.38)

7.96 (4.76)

5.25 (4.24)

5.79 (4.48)

F = 11.69

< .001 CJ/NM; CPS/CJ; M/NM

Substance use disorder diagnosisb

     

χ2 = 6.86

< .001

 Alcohol use disorder

9 (7.89)

7 (8.97)

8 (17.02)

16 (8.33)

24 (10.04)

  

 Substance use disorder

86 (75.44)

59 (75.64)

37 (78.72)

145 (75.52)

182 (76.15)

  

 Both

19 (16.67)

12 (15.38)

2 (4.26)

31 (16.15%)

33 (13.81)

  
  1. aTable consists of categorical and continuous variables by group (mandating agencies, mandated and nonmandated status). CJ = criminal justice; CPS = child protective services
  2. bFrequency missing (N = 6); two missing from mandated group and four from nonmandated group for each variable
  3. cPairwise between group significance (CJ = criminal justice; CPS = child protective services; M = mandated; NM = nonmandated)
  4. dMental health characteristics and stress scores reflect symptom severity ranges (higher scores represent increased severity)
  5. eSquare-root transformations were conducted for age, PTSD, and stress scores to reduce skewness and improve normality
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