Table 2.

Proposition 36 participant characteristics at treatment entry during fiscal year 2006–07

County size	Large				Medium
County	1	2	3	Range (n=13a)	4	5	6	Range (n=12a)
No. Proposition 36 participants	1,083	710	863	403–9,675	1,366	125	718	125–1,378
Age, Mean	36	35	37	34–40	36	39	32	32–39
Female, %	29	23	25	19–30	27	20	34	20–34
Race/ethnicity, %
White	39	47	40	22–53	41	71	41	29–80
Hispanic	23	19	28	18–47	32	10	51	10–51
African American	27	27	17	3–46	19	18	5	<1–26
Asian/Pacific Islander	6	3	9	<1–9	5	0	1	0–6
Native American	2	1	1	<1–2	1	0	2	0–4
Other	4	3	6	2–9	2	<1	<1	0–5
Referral type, %
Probation	92	82	90	68–96	90	96	95	66–97
Parole	8	18	10	4–32	10	4	5	3–36
Employed, %	36	25	38	24–45	20	34	28	19–45
Primary drug type, %
Methamphetamine	50	50	48	21–76	54	34	64	34–71
Cocaine	18	15	18	6–35	11	25	10	3–25
Marijuana	13	18	15	5–18	14	9	14	4–17
Heroin	12	6	5	3–16	15	12	6	4–24
Alcohol	7	11	13	5–13	5	20	5	2–20
Other	1	1	1	<1–3	1	0	<1	0–3
Prior drug treatment, %	43	47	68	37–69	42	56	55	<1–74

^aIndicates total number of counties within this size category.