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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Self Identity. 2012 Jul 30;12(5):527–547. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2012.702425

Table 1. Sample Demographics.

Jail Sample Community
Sample

Intake (T1) Pre-release (T2) One year post-
release (T3)
N 508 168 132 597
Gender
Male 68.1% 72% 73.5% 27.3%
Female 31.9% 28% 26.5% 72.7%
Race/Ethnicity 1
African American 44.8% 46.4% 49.2% 10.4%
Caucasian 35.9% 35.1% 34.8% 58.1%
Hispanic/Other 9.2% 6.5% 3.8% 10.2%
Other/Mixed 7.4% 7.8% 6.8% 0.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander 2.8% 4.2% 5.3% 23.1%
Age
Mean 33 yrs. 34 yrs. 34 yrs. 21 yrs.
Standard Deviation 10.04 10.21 10.34 3.93
Employment Data (N = 124)
Employed at any point in year 86.3%
Odd Jobs 6.5%
Part-time Job 12.1%
Full-time Job 67.7%
Unemployed entire year 13.7%
Recidivism Data (N = 132)
Committed Crime 67.4%
Did not Commit Crime 32.6%

Note

1

Community sample race/ethnicity percentages do not equal 100 percent due to overlapping categories.