TABLE 1.
Variable | Alpha | Number or Mean | Percentage or Standard Deviation |
---|---|---|---|
Drinking behavior | |||
Alcohol use in past 90 days | |||
Regular (60 days) | 150 | 31% | |
Less than 60 days | 334 | 69% | |
Became drunk | |||
Yes | 371 | 77% | |
No | 113 | 23% | |
Sociodemographic | |||
Age (y) | 39.63 | 13.66 | |
Education level | 12.44 | 2.32 | |
Work status | |||
Employed | 107 | 22% | |
Unemployed | 377 | 88% | |
Living situationa | |||
Owns home | 36 | 8% | |
Does not own home | 426 | 92% | |
Homeless | |||
Ever | 212 | 44% | |
Never | 272 | 56% | |
Relationship statusa | |||
Singleb | 245 | 51% | |
Partner, not living with | 133 | 28% | |
Married or living as married | 102 | 21% | |
Had health insurance in past 12 monthsa: | |||
Yes | 143 | 30% | |
No | 340 | 70% | |
Physical health | 2.14 | 1.04 | |
Mental health | 2.59 | 1.08 | |
Social-psychological | |||
Self-esteem | 0.78 | 38.85 | 5.19 |
Depression | 0.86 | 28.34 | 10.05 |
Sensation seeking | 0.71 | 3.85 | 2.38 |
Social networks | |||
Characteristics of people hanging out witha: | |||
Are legally employed | 337 | 70% | |
Are drug users | 333 | 70% | |
Particpate in illegal activities | 161 | 34% | |
Characteristics of people living witha: | |||
Are legally employed | 216 | 45% | |
Are drug users | 167 | 35% | |
Participate in illegal activities | 40 | 8% | |
Situational | |||
Crack/cocaine 90 days | 185 | 38% | |
Experienced childhood physical abuse | 147 | 30% | |
Experienced childhood sexual abusea | 61 | 13% | |
Experienced childhood emotional abusea | 75 | 16% | |
Contextual factors | |||
Perceived fear of non-violent crime | 0.78 | 4.58 | 3.99 |
Perceived fear of violent crime | 0.93 | 21.55 | 13.57 |
Recent neighborhood criminal activity | 0.72 | 4.38 | 2.54 |
Witnessed violence | 0.86 | 12.54 | 5.55 |
These variables do not total to N = 484 due to missing data.
Includes separated, widowed, and divorced.