Table 1.
Characteristics of the subjects in the two study samples
| Respondents reporting barriers to treatment | Alcohol use disorder sample | |||||
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| 1991–92 N = 1,072 |
2001–02 N = 1,012 |
p | 1991–92 N = 2,860 |
2001–02 N = 3,168 |
p | |
| Mean age | 38.64 (0.43) | 42.87 (0.48) | <.001 | 31.64 (0.30) | 34.86 (0.30) | <.001 |
| Male gender | 70.00 (1.59) | 68.80 (1.75) | .617 | 71.97 (0.94) | 70.26 (0.97) | .213 |
| Ethnicity | .509 | |||||
| White | 83.66 (1.37) | 80.91 (2.03) | 82.60 (0.96) | 78.98 (1.64) | .173 | |
| Black | 9.11 (0.94) | 9.71 (0.98) | 8.42 (0.67) | 9.52 (0.68) | ||
| Hispanic | 7.24 (1.06) | 9.39 (1.56) | 8.99 (0.72) | 11.50 (1.53) | ||
| Income | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| < $15,000 | 31.99 (1.74) | 17.71 (1.66) | 31.14 (1.31) | 17.82 (0.95) | ||
| $15,000 to < $30,000 | 23.70 (1.54) | 21.55 (1.59) | 25.46 (1.03) | 20.56 (0.89) | ||
| $30,000 to < $50,000 | 23.90 (1.58) | 25.81 (1.80) | 22.15 (0.93) | 22.75 (0.92) | ||
| $50,000 to < $75,000 | 11.93 (1.21) | 19.93 (1.71) | 11.01 (0.70) | 20.22 (0.85) | ||
| $75,000 + | 8.47 (1.01) | 15.00 (1.53) | 10.23 (0.72) | 18.64 (1.11) | ||
| Health insurance coverage | .057 | .472 | ||||
| Public | 18.38 (1.28) | 22.76 (1.43) | 10.52 (0.66) | 11.49 (0.69) | ||
| Private | 58.23 (1.87) | 52.89 (1.97) | 64.47 (1.05) | 62.82 (1.20) | ||
| Neither | 23.39 (1.62) | 24.36 (1.70) | 25.00 (1.01) | 25.69 (1.15) | ||
| Drug use in past year | 19.50 (1.49) | 22.65 (1.72) | .174 | 27.84 (1.04) | 24.66 (1.04) | .029 |
| Major depression | 12.16 (1.09) | 20.17 (1.79) | <.001 | 9.40 (0.66) | 13.97 (0.76) | <.001 |
| Mean alcohol severity | 2.22 (0.11) | 2.21 (0.13) | .957 | 3.88 (0.05) | 3.35 (0.06) | <.001 |
| Past-year treatment use | 29.02 (1.56) | 24.48 (1.66) | .052 | 9.91 (0.68) | 6.88 (0.51) | <.001 |
Notes: % Percentage or Mean (Standard Error); significant p-values after FDR adjustment are in boldface; 1991–92 = NLAES; 2001–02 = NESARC.