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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychoactive Drugs. 2008 Dec;40(4):437–446. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2008.10400650

TABLE 1.

Sample Characteristics at Baseline and Nine Months (% or Mean and [SD])

Baseline 9 Months
Non-MA Users (N = 549) MA Users (N = 263) Non-MA Users (N = 600) MA Users (N = 48)
Demographics
Age 34.9 [9.6] 32.3 [7.7]*** 34.0 [9.0] 33.8 [8.4]
Gender
 Male 77.6 72.6 76.3 81.3
 Female 22.4 27.4 23.7 18.7
Race/Ethnicity
 African-American 41.2 10.7*** 33.3 8.3***
 Hispanic 16.0 10.3 13.7 16.7
 White Non-Hispanic 38.8 72.2 47.5 75.0
 Other 4.0 6.8 5.5 0.0
# Prior AOD Treatments 3.1 [5.5] 2.1 [3.5]** 2.8 [5.0] 2.8 [3.1]
Marital/Partner Status
 Never Married 55.1 56.3 55.8 60.4
 Legally Married 13.1 14.5 14.0 6.3
 Living as Married 4.4 2.7 3.5 4.2
 Separated 5.1 8.4 6.2 2.1
 Divorced 21.9 17.9 20.4 25.0
 Widowed 0.4 0.4 0.2 2.1
Living w/Spouse or Partner 57.4 65.1* 33.8 37.5
Same-sex Partner 2.6 4.6 1.7 2.1
Socioeconomic Position
 High School Grad./GED 72.7 81.7** 76.5 79.2
 Employment Six Months Prior 55.0 35.4*** 65.0 62.5
MA Use by Site
 Colorado 24.4 26.6 24.2 25.5
 Connecticut 35.3 2.3 28.4 6.4
 Kentucky 29.9 13.7 23.9 10.6
 Oregon 10.4 57.4*** 23.5 57.4***
*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001