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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Issues. 2016 Dec 21;47(1):132–142. doi: 10.1177/0022042616678614

Table 6.

Services Accessed Through Help of a Parole or Probation Officer*

Services Black (n=134)
% (n)
White (n=94)
% (n)
p-value+
Outpatient drug treatment 47% (63) 52% (49) 0.45
Inpatient drug treatment 28% (37) 36% (34) 0.17
Housing subsidy 8% (10) 5% (5) 0.52
Job training 20% (27) 8% (7) 0.008
Education 10% (13) 2% (2) 0.02
Mental health services 11% (14) 13% (12) 0.59
Bus passes 21% (28) 17% (16) 0.47
Government benefits 11% (15) 3% (3) 0.03
Social service organization/case manager 2% (3) 8% (7) 0.10
Access to Recovery 11% (15) 15% (14) 0.41
Other 8% (10) 5% (5) 0.52
PO never helped 19% (25) 25% (23) 0.29
*

Data missing for 15 participants

+

p-values were obtained using chi-square test except for social service organization/case manager which was obtained using Fisher’s exact test.

Note: Bolded p-values indicate p < .05