Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical variables by gender
| Variable | Male (n = 180) | Female (n = 96) | Total (n = 276) |
| Demographics | |||
| Age, in years, M (SD) | 44.9 (12.4) | 42.8 (13.9) | 44.2 (12.9) |
| Race, White/othera, %** | 75.0 / 25.0 | 90.6 / 9.4 | 80.4 /19.6 |
| Education, in years, M (SD)* | 14.2 (2.5) | 15.0 (2.2) | 14.5 (2.4) |
| Marital status, % | |||
| Never married | 31.7 | 27.1 | 30.1 |
| Married/living together | 34.5 | 45.9 | 38.4 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 34.0 | 27.0 | 31.5 |
| Employed, %** | 52.2 | 68.8 | 58.0 |
| Clinical | |||
| DDD in past 90 days, M (SD)*** | 10.3 (8.6) | 6.6 (4.4) | 9.0 (7.6) |
| SIP score, M (SD) | 21.3 (12.1) | 19.1 (10.2) | 20.5(11.5) |
| No. of psychiatric symptoms, M (SD) | 23.9 (13.6) | 22.2 (11.3) | 23.3 (12.9) |
| NEO Extroversion Subscale, M (SD)** | 25.0 (7.7) | 28.3 (7.7) | 25.7 (8.0) |
| No. of previous treatment episodes, M (SD) | 2.3 (4.2) | 1.9 (10.3) | 2.2 (6.9) |
| Recent substance use treatment, % | 22.7 | 20.9 | 22.0 |
| AA member T2, % | 35.0 | 36.7 | 35.6 |
| Achieved 1-year sobriety T3, % | 33.3 | 29.2 | 31.9 |
Notes: Bold indicates statistical significance. All variables were measured at baseline with the exception of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership and substance use treatment, which were measured at Time 2 (T2) (at the 1.5-year follow-up), and 1 year of sobriety, assessed at T3 (2.5- to 3-year follow-up). DDD = drinks per drinking day; SIP = Short Inventory of Problems.
a
Other includes the following: for men, 33 Black, 5 Hispanic, 4 Native American, 2 Asian, 9 multiracial, and 2 other participants; for women, 5 Black, 1 Hispanic, 3 multiracial, and 2 other participants.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001.