TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics and Diagnoses of Mentally Ill Men in the Experimental and Control Groups
| Experimental Group, No. (%) (n = 48) | Control Group, No. (%) (n = 48) | |
| Age, y | ||
| < 35 | 18 (38) | 20 (42) |
| ≥ 35 | 30 (62) | 28 (58) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| African American | 38 (79) | 33 (69) |
| Other | 10 (21) | 15 (31) |
| Education | ||
| < High school | 26 (54) | 31 (65) |
| ≥ High school | 22 (46) | 17 (35) |
| Lifetime homelessness, y | ||
| ≤1 | 7 (15) | 14 (29) |
| > 1 | 41 (85) | 34 (71) |
| Psychiatric hospitalizations, No. | ||
| < 5 | 28 (58) | 33 (69) |
| ≥5 | 20 (42) | 15 (31) |
| Psychiatric diagnosisa | ||
| Schizophrenia | 32 (67) | 33 (69) |
| Other | 16 (33) | 15 (31) |
| Cocaine dependencea | ||
| No | 21 (44) | 30 (62) |
| Yes | 27 (56) | 18 (38) |
| Alcohol dependencea | ||
| No | 20 (42) | 24 (50) |
| Yes | 28 (58) | 24 (50) |
Source. Susser et al.3
aLifetime diagnosis.