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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2011 Oct;32(4):180–190. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2011.600122

Table 2.

Counselor and Supervisor demographics by treatment modality

Total
Respondents
(N=1,750)
Detoxification
(n=200)
Long-Term
Residential
(n=638)
Methadone
(n=352)
Outpatient
(n=560)

Characteristic n % n % n % n % n % χ2a
Female 1039 60 112 57 387 62 213 62 327 59 2.79
Not white* 400 26 27 16 169 31 112 40 92 18 58.22 a
Licensure and Certification
     State certification 816 49 107 56 302 50 154 46 253 47 6.54
     National certification 304 20 45 26 95 18 45 15 119 24 14.07a
     Professional licensure 730 46 92 52 220 39 140 45 278 53 24.14 a
     Both certification and licensure 478 28 69 36 153 25 94 27 162 29 10.09a
     Certification and/or licensure 1,136 66 140 73 378 61 214 62 404 73 26.82 a
Years employed in substance abuse (mean, SD) (8.8) (7.3) (10.0) (7.2) (7.8) (6.5) (9.7) (8.6) (8.9) (7.2) 7.31 a,b
Years as a counselor, therapist, or clinician (mean, SD) (7.9) (6.8) (8.9) (6.7) (6.7) (5.8) (8.8) (8.0) (8.3) (6.9) 10.98 a,b
Education 123.84 a
     High school or less 287 17 36 18 162 26 46 14 43 8
     Associates or bachelor's degree 628 37 84 43 236 38 142 42 166 30
     Master's or doctoral degree 786 46 75 38 216 35 151 45 344 62

NOTES: Values are number and percent, unless noted otherwise.

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding (rounded to nearest whole number) , and were calculated excluding missing values.

a

p<.05

b

Test statistic is F-value from generalized linear model.

*

Comparisons are for racial categories only, and do not take into account ethnicity.