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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2011 Jan;30(1):6–16. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2010.531669

Table 1.

Baseline Sample Characteristics of Methadone Maintained Clients by Program

Characteristics
MI-Single (N = 90) MI-Group (N = 79) HHP (N = 87) Total (N = 256)
Background Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Mean Age 51.9 % (7.9) 50.0 % (7.4) 51.8 % (8.8) 51.2 % (8.4)
Male 60.0 58.2 59.3 59.2
Ethnicity:
 African American 46.7 44.3 44.2 45.1
 White 21.1 24.1 11.6 18.8
 Latino 25.6 25.3 29.1 26.7
 Other 6.7 6.3 15.1 9.4
High School Grad 62.2 59.5 52.3 58.0
Partnered 51.7 55.7 55.8 54.3
Employed 18.0 12.7 20.9 17.3
Recruitment Site:
 Site A 31.5 37.2 28.6 32.3
 Site B 28.0 23.1 23.8 24.7
 Site C 16.9 21.8 23.8 20.7
 Site D 15.7 9.0 15.7 13.6
 Site E 9.0 9.0 8.3 8.8
Fair/poor health 58.9 63.3 59.3 60.4
Childhood Physical Abuse 23.3 27.9 24.4 25.1
Lifetime Trade Sex 31.8 46.7 32.9 36.7
Substance Use
Recent + Alcohol Use at Baseline
  0–40 23.3 27.9 24.4 25.1
  41–89 21.1 22.8 30.2 24.7
  90–180 32.2 22.8 24.4 26.7
  > 180 23.3 26.6 20.9 23.5
Recent+ marijuana use 17.8 25.3 5.8 16.0
Recent+ IDU 37.8 45.6 37.2 40.0
Smoke ≥ 1 pack/day 52.2 64.6 52.3 56.1
Recent+ Self-Help Program 23.3 25.3 15.1 21.2
Psychological Resources
Depressive Sxsa 81.1 81.1 80.2 80.8
Poor Emotional Well Beingb 73.3 65.8 62.8 67.5
Social Support From:
 Primarily Drug Users 7.8 12.7 17.4 12.6
 Primarily Non Drug Users 51.1 45.6 48.8 48.6
 Both 34.4 38.0 32.6 34.9
 No One 6.7 3.8 1.2 3.9
+

recent refers to past month

a

Based on a CES-D short form (10 items) score of 8 or more

b

Based on a score of 65 or less on a 0–100 scale