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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Jan 20;51(2):261–267. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1082594

Table 1.

Bivariate table for drug use within previous six months of incarceration.

Drug use
No drug use
Total
N % N % N % p-value
Overall 100 7.35 1261 92.65 1361 100
Age 0.01
18–30 39 39 347 27.5 386 28.4
31–45 43 43 522 41.4 565 41.5
46–89 13 13 302 23.9 315 23.1
Length of incarceration 0.0012
Less than 12 months 51 51 440 34.9 491 36.1
More than 12 months 49 49 821 65.1 870 63.9
Education 0.06
College 20 20 372 29.5 392 28.8
Highsch/GED 46 46 447 35.4 493 36.2
Less than HS 34 34 431 34.2 465 34.2
Gender 0.04
Men 66 66 699 55.4 765 56.2
Women 34 34 562 44.6 596 43.8
Race 0.76
Black 53 53 633 50.2 686 50.4
Hispanic 18 18 289 22.9 307 22.6
White 22 22 256 20.3 278 20.4
Other 7 7 83 6.1 90 6.6
Marijuana use historya 0.0001
Yes 98 98 907 71.9 1005 73.8
No 2 2 354 28.1 356 26.2
Speed use historya 0.57
Yes 11 11 117 9.3 128 9.4
No 89 89 1144 90.7 1233 90.6
Cocaine use historya 0.16
Yes 37 37 383 30.4 420 30.9
No 63 63 878 69.6 941 69.1
Heroin use historya 0.0029
Yes 24 24 167 13.2 191 14.0
No 76 76 1094 86.8 1170 86.0
Crack use historya 0.0047
Yes 28 28 212 16.8 240 17.6
No 72 72 1049 83.2 1121 82.4
Gym 0.89
Yes 42 42 521 41.3 563 41.4
No 58 58 740 58.7 798 58.6
Yard 0.0041
Yes 81 81 846 67.1 927 68.1
No 19 19 415 32.9 434 31.9
Rec 0.22
Yes 31 31 547 43.4 578 42.5
No 14 14 165 13.1 179 13.2
a

These drugs were reportedly used prior to incarceration.