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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2008 Aug;17(8):927–946. doi: 10.1002/hec.1305

Table II.

Baseline characteristics of robbers and non-robbers in NTIES

Individuals with
at least one
self-reported robbery
Individuals with
no self-reported
robbery
Overall
N 419 6166 6585
Age (years) 26.3 (8.3) 31.9 (8.5) 31.5 (8.6)
Male (%) 84.1 71.3 72.1
Blacks (%) 52.4 54.0 53.8
Hispanics (%) 20.2 14.4 14.8
HS (%) 40.6 54.8 53.9
≥Grade 9 (%) 90.3 91.9 91.8
Employed (%) 6.7 15.6 15.1
CrimJust (%) 24.9 25.1 25.1
Homeless (%) 32.8 17.8 18.8
Govpay (%) 48.9 49.2 49.2
Convict (%) 80.0 67.3 68.1
Uninsured (%) 35.6 37.3 37.2
Sexwork (%) 12.35 7.24 7.6
Drug use (primary or secondary)
Crack cocaine (%) 63.7 56.4 56.8
Heroin (%) 22.8 19.3 19.5
Marijuana (%) 34.0 18.6 19.5
Alcohol (%) 41.6 46.0 45.7
Crime history
Burglary 53.4 8.2 11.1
Auto theft 9.7 2.1 2.5
Battery 34.9 11.1 12.6
Threat with weapon 25.4 4.8 6.1
Length of stay (months) 3.6 4.1 4.0
Ever arrested for the use of weapon/force to steal 31.5 10.7 12.0
Ever arrested for beating someone up 35.1 15.7 16.9
Ever arrested for hurting someone 41.4 24.0 25.1
Ever arrested for breaking and entering 35.8 20.9 21.9
Arrested for stealing by force in year before treatment 15.7 1.5 2.4
Arrested for beating someone up in year before treatment 16.2 3.4 4.2
Arrested for hurting someone in year before treatment 20.2 7.0 7.8
Arrested for breaking and entering in year before treatment 13.8 4.9 5.5
Arrested for selling drugs in year before treatment 21.2 5.7 6.7