Table 1.
Client Characteristics at Treatment Admission and Engagement Rates (N= 11,591)
| Client Characteristic | Sample Characteristic | Engagement Rate of Subgroup |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | % | |
| Overall | 11,591 | 34.5 | |
| Client demographics | |||
| Gender | |||
| Female | 3,740 | (32.3) | 37.8a |
| Male | 7,851 | (67.7) | 33.0a |
| Age | |||
| 18–25 | 3,269 | (28.2) | 32.4a,b |
| 26–35 | 3,033 | (26.2) | 33.1c,d |
| 36–44 | 2,963 | (25.6) | 36.8a,c |
| 45+ | 2,326 | (20.1) | 36.5b,d |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White | 8,556 | (73.8) | 34.3a,b |
| Latino | 1,433 | (12.4) | 31.4a,c |
| Black | 1,196 | (10.3) | 40.2b,c,d |
| Other race/ethnicity | 406 | (3.5) | 33.3d |
| Education | |||
| Less than H.S. | 3,169 | (27.3) | 33.2a |
| H.S. Grad | 5,772 | (49.8) | 34.5 |
| More than H.S. | 2,650 | (22.9) | 36.1a |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 1,653 | (14.3) | 35.2 |
| Unmarried | 9,938 | (85.7) | 34.4 |
| Housing Status | |||
| Homeless | 1,006 | (8.7) | 39.8a |
| Not Homeless | 10,585 | (91.3) | 34.0a |
| Employment Status | |||
| Employed | 4,329 | (37.4) | 32.3a |
| Not Employed | 7,262 | (62.7) | 35.8a |
| Insurance | |||
| None | 4,853 | (41.9) | 35.0 |
| Public | 4,254 | (36.7) | 34.8 |
| Private/Other | 2,484 | (21.4) | 33.1 |
| Referral Source | |||
| Self/family | 3,450 | (29.8) | 33.5a,b |
| Criminal Justice | 3,810 | (32.9) | 32.2c |
| Health Professional | 1,443 | (12.5) | 33.2d |
| Substance Abuse Tx | 1,839 | (15.9) | 39.8a,c,d |
| Other | 1,049 | (9.1) | 38.9b,c |
| Mental Health Treatment History | |||
| Prior mental health treatment | 6,418 | (55.4) | 34.5 |
| No prior mental health treatment | 5,173 | (44.6) | 34.5 |
| Substance Abuse Treatment History | |||
| Residential treatment services in prior year | 158 | (1.4) | 43.7a |
| No residential treatment services in prior year | 11,433 | (98.6) | 34.4a |
| Outpatient treatment services in prior year | 950 | (8.2) | 40.4a |
| No outpatient treatment services in prior year | 10,641 | (91.8) | 34.0a |
| Detox Admissions in Prior year | |||
| No Detox services in prior year | 9,313 | (80.4) | 33.8a |
| 1 Detox admission in prior year | 1,295 | (11.2) | 38.0a |
| 2+ Detox admissions in prior year | 983 | (8.5) | 36.6 |
| Substance Use Severity | |||
| Alcohol severity | |||
| Lowest tercile | 3,625 | (31.3) | 33.1a |
| Middle tercile | 4,179 | (36.1) | 34.8 |
| Highest tercile | 3,787 | (32.7) | 35.6a |
| Marijuana severity | |||
| Lowest tercile | 3,681 | (31.8) | 34.8 |
| Middle tercile | 4,455 | (38.4) | 34.6 |
| Highest tercile | 3,455 | (29.8) | 34.1 |
| Cocaine/crack severity | |||
| Lowest tercile | 4,600 | (39.7) | 32.1a,b |
| Middle tercile | 3,523 | (30.4) | 34.6a,c |
| Highest tercile | 3,468 | (29.9) | 37.7b,c |
| Heroin severity | |||
| Lower 70% | 8,180 | (70.6) | 34.1 |
| Higher 30% | 3,411 | (29.4) | 35.7 |
Notes: a,b,c,d,e,f,gSuperscripts connote pairs that are significantly different at the overall p < .05 level.