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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychoactive Drugs. 2014 Apr-Jun;46(2):93–105. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2014.890766

Table 2.

Sample Characteristics

Demographics Mean (SD)
N=60
Age 35.47 (9.65)
Average number of weeks incarcerated 24.82 (31.40)
N (%)
Race
 African-American/Black 10 (16.7%)
 Non-Hispanic/White 49 (81.7%)
 Other 1 (1.7%)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 49 (81.7%)
 Hispanic 11 (18.3%)
Legal income*
 < $10, 000 44 (73.4%)
 $10,000–$20,000 7 (11.7%)
 $20,000–$30,000 1 (1.7%)
 $30,000–$40,000 2 (3.3%)
 $40,000+ 6 (10.0%)
Marital Status
 Single (Never Married) 37(61.7%)
 Married/Living with partner 6 (10.0%)
 Divorced/Separated 16 (26.6%)
 Widowed 1 (1.7%)

DSM-IV Diagnoses

MDD Diagnosis Intake 60 (100%)
DSM-IV Alcohol Diagnosis**
 Abuse 2 (3.3%)
 Dependence 35 (58.3%)
 None 23(38.3%)
DSM-IV Drug Use Diagnosis**
 Cocaine Abuse 3 (5.0%)
 Cocaine Dependence 30 (50.0%)
 Heroin/Opioid Abuse 2 (3.3%)
 Heroin/Opioid dependence 21 (35.0%)
 Sedative-Hypnotic Abuse 1 (1.7%)
 Sedative-Hypnotics Dependence 13 (21.7%)
 Halluc/Other Dependence 4 (6.7%)
 Cannabis dependence 11 (18.3%)
 Cannabis abuse 1 (1.7%)
*

In the year prior to incarceration

**

In the month prior to incarceration