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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 1997 Sep;11(3):289–300. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.11.3.289

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics by Treatment Status Group

Treatment status group
Treatment (n = 222)
Nontreatment (n = 250)
Characteristic % M SD Skew % M SD Skew
Demographic
 Race
  White 47 46
  Non-White 53 54
 High school education or more 76 75
 Marital status
  Married 49 51
  Cohabiting 51 49
 Employed 33 34
 Occupational status 3.87 1.96 0.59 3.77 1.84 0.46
 Age (years) 34.85 8.38 0.75 35.63 8.99 0.70
Partner prior treatment 54
Escape coping 9.40 5.44 0.27 9.00 5.21 0.26
Significant-other Behavior Questionnairea
 Punishes Drinking 2.44 0.77 0.07 2.47 0.79 0.22
 Supports Sobriety 2.88 0.68 −0.32 2.69 0.72 0.00
 Supports Drinking 1.60 0.54 0.97 1.62 0.48 0.75
 Withdraws from Drinking 2.14 0.54 0.23 2.14 0.61 0.43
SSI similarity
 Form Ab 2.29 0.82 0.55 2.49 0.72 0.53
 Form Bc 2.21 0.79 0.62 2.49 0.81 0.15
SSI performance
 Form Ab 2.96 0.32 −0.43 2.98 0.31 −0.06
 Form Bc 2.97 0.32 −0.26 2.93 0.36 −0.58
Participant functioning
 Quantity-frequency index 1.66 4.30 4.91 1.14 2.97 4.25
 Depressiond 25.89 14.08 0.47 25.25 15.16 0.39
Partner functioning
 Drinking dayse 74.70 64.04 0.36 119.09 56.52 −.37
 Precontemplationf 17.01 4.90 −0.41

Note. SSI = Spouse Situation Inventory.

a

Excludes participants who reported abstinent partners in the previous 6 months; treatment and nontreatment ns = 178 and 241, respectively.

b

Treatment and nontreatment ns = 115 and 125, respectively.

c

Treatment and nontreatment ns = 107 and 125, respectively.

d

Treatment and nontreatment ns = 190 and 224, respectively.

e

Treatment and nontreatment ns = 209 and 242, respectively.

f

Nontreatment partners who participated and drank over the previous 6 months; n = 99.