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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Sep 27;87(0):241–248. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.08.025

Table 1.

Participant characteristics, substance of withdrawal, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) status, and trauma historya.

Percent of sample (N = 162)
Ageb M = 33.6 (7.3)
Gender Female 52
Race White 44
Black 54
Hispanic or other 2
Education No HS diploma 36
HS diploma or GED 30
Some higher education 34
Employment Unemployed 65
Full or part employment 33
Student or retired 2
Withdrawal drug Cocaine only 30
Alcohol only 23
Cocaine and alcohol 47
PTSD status Yes 28
Trauma historya Serious accident 52
Forced sexual intercourse 27
Forced anal sex 16
Forced oral sex 7
Physical attack 83
Childhood physical abuse 36
a

Trauma is defined as satisfying DSM-III-R Criterion A. Total percentage exceeds 100% because many participants experienced multiple traumas over their lifetime.

b

Mean and standard deviation are presented.