Table 1.
Demographic information
| Authors | Mean age | Gender | Predominant ethnicity | Marital status | Employment status | Educational status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beals et al. (2006) | 34.9 | 46.5% m | 100% American Indian | 42.1% unmarried | 30.4% unemployed | 77.2% HS or more |
| Bogenschutz (2005) | 40.5 | 70% m | 60% White | |||
| Bogenschutz and Akin (2000) | 36.1 | 63% m | 51.9% European-American | |||
| Brooks and Penn (2003) | 34.2 | 58% m | 69.6% European-American | 94.6% unmarried | 82.9% unemployed | |
| Brown et al. (2006) | 48.8 | 92.4% m | 74% European-American | 60% unmarried | Mean 13.4 years | |
| Brush and McGee (2000) | 40.5 | 100% m | 67% European-American | 60.6% HS or more | ||
| Chen (2006) | 36 | 100% m | 71% Israeli Jews | |||
| Chi et al. (2006) | 38.7 | 35.6% m | 85% European-American | 65% unmarried | 26% unemployed | 86.2% HS or more |
| DiNitto et al. (2002) | 33 | 47% m | 59% European-American | Mean 11.2 years | ||
| DiNitto et al. (2001) | 33 | 47% m | 59% European-American | Mean 11.2 years | ||
| Easton et al. (2007) | 38.5 | 100% m | 49% European-American | 22.7% unemployed | 78.4% HS or more | |
| Fichter et al. (1997) | 43.1 | 100% m | 99.3% unmarried | 68% unemployed | ||
| Gonzalez and Rosenheck (2002) | 38.7 | 60.9% m | 48.7% African-American | 51% unmarried | Not categorized | |
| Grella (2003) | 36.4 | 52.8% m | 44% European-American | Over 50% unmarried | 66.7% HS or more | |
| Friedman et al. (2005) | 35.5 | 58.3% m | 83% European-American | |||
| Herman et al. (2000) | 33.2 | 73.9% m | 76.9% African-American | |||
| Herman et al. (1991) | 33.5 | 73% m | 45% African-American | 94% unmarried | 87% unemployed | 52% HS or more |
| Hoff et al. (1999) | 72% m | 57.3% African-American | ||||
| Jerrell (1996) | 52% 18–33 | 75% m | 70% European-American | |||
| Jerrell and Ridgely (1995) | 55% 18–33 | 0% m | 81% European-American | |||
| Jerrell and Ridgely (1999a) | 59% 18–33 | 77% m | ||||
| Jerrell and Ridgely (1999b) | 75% m | 70% European-American | ||||
| Jerrell and Wilson (1997) | 52% ≤34 | 76.5% m | 69.7% European-American | 74% HS or more | ||
| Jordan et al. (2002) | 33 | 76% m | 68% African-American | |||
| Kelly, McKellar, and Moos (2003) | 100% m | |||||
| Kilbourne et al. (2002) | 33.9 | 0% m | 56.1% African-American | 79.5% unmarried | 82.2% unemployed | 62.5% HS or more |
| Kingree (1995) | 32 | 79.1% m | 78% African-American | |||
| Laudet, Cleland, Magura, Vogel, & Knight 2004 | 40.2 | 72% m | 60% African-American | 63% HS or more | ||
| Laudet, Magura et al. (2003) | 40.8 | 73% m | 58% African-American | 61% HS or more | ||
| Laudet, Magura, Cleland et al. (2004) | 40.8 | 73% m | 58% African-American | 61% HS or more | ||
| Laudet et al. (2000a) | 39 | 72% m | 58% African-American | 92% unmarried | ||
| Laudet et al. (2000b) | 39 | 72% m | 58% African-American | 92% unmarried | 59% HS or more | |
| Laudet, Magura et al. (2003) | 40 | 73% m | 59% African-American | 93% unmarried | 59% HS or more | |
| Laudet, Magura, Vogel et al. (2004) | 39 a | 72% m | 58% African-American | 92% unmarried | 59% HS or more | |
| Magura et al. (2007) | 40.5 | 72% m | 58% African-American | 93% unmarried | 60% HS or more | |
| Magura, Knight et al. (2003) | 41 | 73% m | 58% African-American | 93% unmarried | 60% HS or more | |
| Magura et al. (2002) | 40 | 73% m | 59% African-American | 93% unmarried | ||
| Magura, Laudet et al. (2003) | 40 | 73% m | 59% African-American | 93% unmarried | 33% HS or more | |
| Miller et al. (1999) | 74% m | 89% European-American | 65% unmarried | |||
| Moggi, Ouimette, Moos, & Finney (1999) | 43 | 100% m | 58% European-American | 80.2% unemployed | Mean 12.82 years | |
| Moos, Finney, Ouimette, and Suchinsky (1999) | 43 | 49% African-American | 79% unmarried | Mean 12.7 years | ||
| Myrick and Brady (1997) | 32.0 | 68% m | 64% Non-white | 50% HS or more | ||
| Ouimette et al. (1999) | Not reported for the full sample |
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| Ouimette et al. (2001) | Not reported for the full sample |
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| Ouimette et al. (2000) | 44.8 | 100% m | 57.6% European-American | 59.2% unmarried | 80.8% unemployed | Mean 12.8 years |
| Ouimette et al. (2003) | 44.7 | 100% m | 67% European-American | 73% unmarried | 82% unemployed | Mean 13.1 years |
| Penn and Brooks (2000) | 34 | 58% m | 70% European-American | 80% unmarried | 61% unemployed | |
| Pristach and Smith (1999) | 35.5 | 65% m | 70% European-American | Mean 11.7 years | ||
| Ridgely and Jerrell (1996) | Not reported for the sample |
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| Ritsher, McKellar, Finney, Otlingham, and Moos (2002) | 42.3 | 100% m | 44.4% European-American | 81.5% unmarried | Mean 12.7 years | |
| Severance (2004) | 0% m | |||||
| Timko and Sempel (2004) | 45.4 | 96% m | 48.7% European-American | 77.4% unmarried | 16.1% unemployed | Mean 12.8 years |
| Trumbetta et al. (1999) | 35.5 | 29.2% m | 90% African-American | 96% unmarried | 72% HS or more | |
| Vogel et al. (1998) | 42 a | 73% m | 45% African-American | 37% unemployed | 66% HS or more | |
| Westermeyer and Chitasombat (1996) | 37.9 | 64% m | 41.6% Hmong | 24.1% unmarried | Mean 7.85 years | |
| Westermeyer, Eames, and Nugent (1998) | 31.1 | 63.4% m | Mean 12.4 years | |||
| Westermeyer, Kopka, and Nugent (1997) | 31.5 | Mean 12.4 years | ||||
| Westermeyer and Schneekloth (1999) | 30.5 | 79% m | 66% unmarried | 69% unemployed | Mean 12.6 years | |
| Wright et al. (2002) | 55% m | 48% European-American |
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Median.