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. 2011 Mar 23;2011:389285. doi: 10.1155/2011/389285

Table 2.

Outcomes for the six-month reduced sample.

Differences over time
Total sample
Baseline 6-month P
Currently homeless 42% 6% <.001
Currently unemployed 78% 70% .41

Past 90 days, used
Cocaine, any form 56% 36% .03
Use of one or more of illegal drugs (methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and/or ecstasy) 82% 52% .001

Reason quit/cut back drugs
Want to get clean for myself 78% 84% .18
Wanted to have healthy baby 80% 76% .16
Child Protective Services would take baby away 56% 50% .44

What helped you stay clean and sober the most
Treatment 36%
Staying away from people (you) used to drink, get high with OR places (you) used to drink, get high OR old neighborhood 38%

In the past 90 days, one or more times
Meeting with specialist about relationship with spouse or family member 30% 18% .16
Meeting with specialist on parenting 46% 38% .43
Meeting with specialist regaining contact 32% 6% .002
Meeting with specialist on getting along with children 44% 28% .1
Meeting focused on regaining contact with children 34% 12% .01
Any meeting or session 56% 76% .03

Current alcohol and drug problem
Have alcohol problem at this time 18% 28% .23
Have drug problem at this time 58% 62% .67

Sexual behavior and HIV and prenatal drug use knowledge
How many days in the past 90 did you have any sex? (Mean (SD)) 18 (25) 11 (21) .13
HIV and prenatal drug risk knowledge: Total score (Mean (SD)) 18 (3) 21 (2) <.001
Condom use in past 90 days N = 21 .51
 Never 33% 38%
 Almost never 10% 14%
 Any use 57% 48%
Can insist on condom use with main sex partner in past 90 days 50% (N = 18) 61% .53

Past 90 days threatened any violence
Threatened any violence 62% 34% .003

N = 50 due to missing data at 6-month followup. The tests of the differences over time are based on the McNemar test for matched data, with the exception of the tests for condom use, which are based on the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and the number of days in the past 90 days on which the respondent had any sex and the HIV knowledge: total score, which are based on the paired t-test.