TABLE 1.
Participant Baseline Demographic and Treatment Characteristics: Homeless 4 Trial, Birmingham, AL, 2001–2005
| Treatment Group | Enhanced-Treatment Group | P | |
| Gender, no. (%) | |||
| Men | 77 (74.8) | 72 (69.9) | .53 |
| Women | 26 (25.2) | 31 (30.1) | |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 39.5 (7.2) | 40.6 (7.2) | .29 |
| Race | |||
| African American | 96 (93.2) | 99 (96.1) | .54 |
| White | 7 (6.8) | 4 (3.9) | |
| Drug abused, y, mean (SD) | |||
| Alcohol | 17.7 (10.4) | 18.5 (10.2) | .59 |
| Cannabis | 11.0 (9.4) | 10.2 (9.7) | .59 |
| Cocaine | 12.4 (7.0) | 11.4 (6.0) | .29 |
| Education, y, mean (SD) | 11.7 (1.7) | 12.2 (1.5) | .04 |
| Disabled, no. (%) | 13 (12.9) | 3 (2.9) | .01 |
| Homelessness, mo, mean (SD) | 30.9 (43.7) | 27.7 (46.8) | .61 |
| Previous period of homelessness, mo, no. (%) | .02 | ||
| 0–6 | 36 (36.7) | 50 (50) | |
| 7–12 | 8 (8.2) | 13 (13) | |
| > 12 | 54 (55.1) | 37 (37) | |
| Missing information, no. | 5 | 3 | |
| Consecutive weeks abstinent, mean (SD) | 14.1 (12.6) | 19.2 (16.0) | .048 |
| Cumulative treatment days, mean (SD) | 18.1 (8.5) | 19.6 (9.4) | .051 |
| Work therapy hours, mean (SD) | 115 (68) | 127 (73) | .15 |
| Fraction of time in program-provided housing, mean (SD) | 0.597 (0.47) | 0.636 (0.47) | .2 |
Note. The sample size for each group was n = 103.