Table 2.

Multivariate relationship of individual and system characteristics with two waiting time phases and total waiting time (N = 577)

Characteristic	Preassessment wait time	Postassessment wait time	Total wait time
Demographic
Gender	−	ns	ns
Age	−.105*	−	−
Court referred	.221***	−	−
Homeless	ns	.089*	ns
Clinical
Problem Absence	−.132*	ns	ns
Time Conflict	ns	ns	ns
Treatment Accessibility	−	ns	ns
Problem Recognition	ns	−	ns
Desire for Change	−.108*	−	ns
Treatment Readiness	−	−.119**	−.119**
Treatment Reluctance	ns	ns	ns
Employment composite	−	.123**	.120**
Alcohol composite	ns	.151***	.157***
Drug composite	ns	−	ns
Psychiatric composite	ns	−	−
Program
Referred to residential treatment	ns	−	−
Total number of active cases	ns	−	−.343*
Average daily census	ns	−	−
Average daily staff caseload	ns	ns	.423**
Group assignment
Control	−	−	ns
Motivational intervention	−	−	−
Case management	−	−.135***	−.117**
Adjusted R2	.122	.081	.083

Notes. All values represent standardized coefficients.

(−) Characteristics that were not significant at zero-order level and not entered into multivariate analyses.

ns, Characteristics that were significant at zero-order level but not at multivariate levels.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.