. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Community Ment Health J. 2010 Jan 9;47(2):227–232. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9283-7

Table 2.

Group differences in rates of substance use, substance abuse treatment and prematurely leaving the program

	Housing First (n = 27) % (N)	Treatment First (n = 48) % (N)
History of detox/rehab before study entry	70 (19)	81 (39)
Using substances at study baseline	7 (2)	17 (8)
Substance use during study^*	30 (8)	65 (31)
Used detox/rehab during study^**	7 (2)	46 (22)
AWOL from program during study^***	11 (3)	54 (26)

χ² = 8.458, df = 1, P = .004;

^**

χ² = 11.726, df = 1, P = .001;

^***

χ² = 13.507, df = 1, P = .000