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. 2005 Jul;95(7):1259–1265. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.039743

TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics and Treatment Group Comparisons

Treatment Group
NH (n = 66) NACH (n = 66) ACH (n = 63) Pa
Gender, n (%) .98
     Male 50 (76) 50 (76) 47 (75) . . .
     Female 16 (24) 16 (24) 16 (25) . . .
Age, yb (SD) 38.2 (7.4) 40.9 (7.2) 38.4 (6.7) .055
Race/ethnicity, n (%) .25
     African American 59 (89) 63 (95) 55 (87) . . .
     European American 7 (11) 3 (5) 8 (13) . . .
Veteran, n (%)c 11 (17) 12 (19) 11 (19) .97
Education, y (SD)d 11.7 (1.6) 12.2 (1.8) 12.4 (1.8) .22
Longest full-time job, mo (SD)e 51.6 (46.3) 53.5 (40.9) 65.9 (69.6) .76

Note. NH = no housing; NACH = non-abstinence-contingent housing; ACH = abstinence-contingent housing.

aP values based on χ2 test (df=2) for categorical measures and on Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous measures. P tests were 2-tailed.

bOne NACH participant had missing data for age.

c Ten participants (3 NH, 3 NACH, 4 ACH) had missing data for veteran status.

dFour participants (2 NH, 2 NACH) had missing data for years of education.

eEighteen participants (5 NH, 9 NACH, 4 ACH) had missing data for longest employment period.