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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Correct Health Care. 2016 Apr;22(2):129–138. doi: 10.1177/1078345816633701

Table 2.

Descriptive and Bivariate Analysis of Study Variables by Sex.

Female Male


(n = 1,065) (n = 2,811) Unweighted Comparison Weighted Comparison




Variables n % n % χ2/t p OR/B p
Medical treatment 893 84.9 2,407 85.6 1.9 .165 1.04 .726
Age (mean) 37.9 40 −5.2 .000 2.27 .000
White 537 50.4 1,139 40.5 30.9 .000 0.63 .000
Black 381 35.8 1,240 44.1 22.1 .000 1.43 .000
Hispanic 147 13.8 432 15.4 1.5 .222 1.25 .035
Never married 414 38.9 1,291 45.9 15.6 .000 1.31 .000
High school 694 65.2 1,894 67.4 1.7 .191 1.10 .225
Employed 619 58.1 2,018 71.8 66.3 .000 1.80 .000
Veteran 16 1.5 447 15.9 152.3 .000 11.20 .000
Childhood trauma 157 14.7 358 12.7 2.7 .100 0.81 .048
Past incarcerations (mean) 1.3 1.7 −3.6 .000 0.48 .000
Years served (mean) 2.7 5.5 −13.7 .000 2.80 .000
Violent offender 316 29.7 1,513 53.8 180.8 .000 2.76 .000
Drug offender 279 26.2 437 15.6 58.2 .000 0.56 .000
Job/education training 505 47.4 1,311 46.6 0.2 .664 0.95 .519
Hours in work assign (mean) 14.7 13.8 1.6 .106 −0.86 .140
Phone calls 877 82.4 2,360 84.0 1.5 .228 0.97 .796
Visits 329 30.9 785 27.9 3.3 .069 0.86 .064
Sample size 1,065 2,811 3,876