Table 5.
Outcomes at three-month follow-up
| Black
(N = 207) |
Hispanic
(N = 274) |
White
(N = 576) |
p value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrest past three months, (n,%) | 0.17 | |||
| Yes | 43 (21.1) | 50 (18.3) | 88 (15.5) | |
| No | 161 (78.9) | 223 (81.7) | 480 (84.5) | |
| Used any drug in the past 30 days, (n,%) | 0.78 | |||
| Yes | 72 (34.8) | 100 (36.5) | 196 (34.0) | |
| No | 135 (65.2) | 174 (63.5) | 380 (66.0) | |
| Currently in treatment, (n,%) | 0.25 | |||
| Yes | 158 (78.6) | 215 (79.3) | 470 (83.0) | |
| No | 43 (21.4) | 56 (20.7) | 96 (16.0) | |
| Attended self help groups in the past 30 days, (n,%) | 0.25 | |||
| Yes | 141 (86.0) | 214 (86.3) | 463 (89.7) | |
| No | 23 (14.0) | 34 (13.7) | 53 (10.3) | |
| Treatment retention, (n,%) | 0.35 | |||
| < 90 days | 145 (70.0) | 208 (75.9) | 419 (72.7) | |
| > 90 days | 62 (30.0) | 66 (24.1) | 157 (27.3) | |
| Number of days, Mean (SD) 2 | 69.1 (41.7) | 67.6 (39.0) | 73.2 (37.2) | 0.11 |
| Employment, (n,%) 3 | 0.01 | |||
| Full time | 21 (11.0) | 69 (26.3) | 130 (23.5) | |
| Part time | 41 (21.5) | 50 (19.1) | 96 (17.4) | |
| Unemployed | 47 (24.6) | 65 (24.8) | 128 (23.1) | |
| Not in labor force | 82 (42.9) | 78 (29.8) | 199 (36.0) |
1
Chi-square testing for ethnic differences, unless otherwise noted.
2
Proc GLM adjusting for age and gender with Duncan grouping to test for ethnic differences.
3
McNemar’s test for paired samples indicates employment changed significantly from intake to follow-up for Blacks (p<.05) and no significant change for Hispanics nor Whites (p>.05).