Table 4.
Summary of GEE regression analyses predicting past 30 day alcohol abstention, controlling female’s and male’s AA involvement and for other influences.
| Covariates | Coef. | (se) | sign. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private hospital vs. public outpt. | .013 | (.041) | .754 | |
| Private HMO vs. public outpt. | .011 | (.041) | .787 | |
| Public detox. Vs. public outpt. | −.006 | (.044) | .886 | |
| Public residential vs. public outpt. | .034 | (.044) | .431 | |
| African American vs. White | −.015 | (.019) | .438 | |
| Other vs. White | −.023 | (.027) | .411 | |
| Treatment need extreme vs. else t | .007 | (.023) | .752 | |
| ASI family/social severity t | −.152 | (.032) | <.001 | |
| ASI medical severity t | .035 | (.021) | .095 | |
| Male vs. female | −.057 | (.026) | .032 | |
| Predisposing | Abstinence goal vs. else | .064 | (.021) | .002 |
| RBB score t | −.000 | (.001) | .779 | |
| Live with children vs. not t | −.019 | (.017) | .277 | |
| Need/severity | ASI psychiatric severity t | .067 | (.038) | .074 |
| ASI alcohol severity t | −.543 | (.045) | <.000 | |
| ASI drug severity t | −.461 | (.091) | <.000 | |
| Average drinks per year t | −.075 | (.004) | <.000 | |
| # Alcohol related consequences t | .054 | (.008) | <.000 | |
| Enabling | Prior Treatment vs. not t | .045 | (.017) | .008 |
| # who encourage use t | −.001 | (.001) | .396 | |
| # encouraging reduction t | −.000 | (.001) | .825 | |
| Informal help | AAI Score for females t | .251 | (.044) | <.000 |
| Male X AAI Score | .044 | (.051) | .392 | |
| (AAI Score for males) | .294 | (.036) | <.000 | |
| Time for females | −.006 | (.004) | .170 | |
| Male X Time | .007 | (.005) | .216 | |
| (Time for males) | (.001 | (.004) | .876 |
Coef.=coefficient; se=standard error; sign.=significance;
t
time-varying; outpt.=outpatient; male estimates (in parentheses & italicized); weighted data