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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Dec 31;124(1-2):162–166. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.008

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline variables across study conditions (n=281)

Characteristic Overall (n=281) MRC1- (n=94) MRC+I1 (n=94) SRC1 (n=93) χ2 or F-Test p-value Multiple comparisons

M (SE) or % M (SE) or % M (SE) or % M (SE) or %

Gender (%)
 Male 71.2% 76.6% 61.7% 75.3% χ2 = 6.21, df=2 0.045 MRC+I<MRC, SRC
 Female 28.8% 23.4% 38.3% 24.7%

Race (%)
 Non-white 75.4% 75.5% 74.5% 76.3% χ2 = 0.09, df=2 0.956 --
 White 24.6% 24.5% 25.5% 23.7%

Age (years) 41.0 (0.51) 40.7 (0.94) 39.9 (0.86) 42.4 (0.82) F(2,278) = 2.25 0.107 --

Education (highest grade completed)
 <12 37.4% 35.1% 36.2% 40.9% χ2 = 0.75, df=2 0.688 --
 12+ 62.6% 64.9% 63.8% 59.1%

Marital (%)
 Not Married 89.7% 88.3% 86.2% 94.6% χ2 = 3.90, df=2 0.142 --
 Married 10.3% 11.7% 13.8% 5.4%

Employment (%)
 Unemployed 81.5% 75.5% 85.1% 83.9% χ2 = 3.38, df=2 0.185 --
 Employed 18.5% 24.5% 14.9% 16.1%

Opioid Treatment History (%)
 Yes 73.3% 73.4% 79.8% 66.7% χ2 = 4.11, df=2 0.128 --
 No 26.7% 26.6% 20.2% 33.3%

Heroin use (past 30 days) 27.6 (0.29) 27.6 (0.51) 27.0 (0.58) 28.7 (0.39) F(2,278) = 2.58 0.078 --

Cocaine use (past 30 days) 14.8 (0.71) 15.1 (1.25) 14.3 (1.23) 15.0 (1.21) F(2,278) = 0.13 0.878 --
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MRC=Motivated Referral Condition-only; MRC+I=Motivated Referral Condition + Incentives; SRC=Standard Referral Condition