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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2019 Dec 10;38(1):1–18. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2019.1690365

Table 2.

Multinomial regression of factors associated with attrition from treatment due to incarceration and other reasons compared to treatment completion or transferred to another facility.

Model 1 Model 2
Incarceration vs. completion Other reasons vs. completion Incarceration vs. other reasons
RRR p-value RRR p-value RRR p-value
Demographic characteristic
 Age (less than 30)
  18–24 1.28 (1.09, 1.50)** .002 .84 (.76, .92)*** <.001 1.53 (1.33, 1.75)*** <.001
  25–29 1.61 (1.39, 1.85)*** <.001 .96 (.88, 1.05) .360 1.67 (1.48, 1.89)*** <.001
  30–49 1.63 (1.45, 1.84)*** <.001 1.02 (.95, 1.09) .638 1.60 (1.45, 1.78)*** <.001
 Sex .54 (.50, .59)*** <.001 .93 (.88,.97) .002 .58 (.54, .63)*** <.001
 Race
  Black 1.73 (1.50, 1.98)*** <.001 1.54 (1.40, 1.69)*** <.001 1.12 (1.00, 1.25)* .042
  Native American 1.57 (1.19, 2.08)** .003 1.38 (1.13, 1.69)*** <.001 1.14 (.91, 1.42) .247
  Asian .79 (.45, 1.39) .413 1.07 (.79, 1.44) .715 .74 (.45, 1.23) .247
  Other race/>1 race 1.23 (1.05, 1.44)** .009 1.16 (1.04, 1.29)** .008 1.06 (.93, 1.21) .342
 Ethnicity
  Latinx 1.39 (1.21, 1.61)*** <.001 1.27 (1.16, 1.39)*** <.001 1.10 (.97, 1.23) .128
Socioeconomic factors
 Education
  Less than high school education 1.57 (1.41, 1.75)*** <.001 1.42 (1.33, 1.53)*** <.001 1.10 (1.01, 1.21)* .022
  High school diploma 1.29 (1.17, 1.42)*** <.001 1.17 (1.10, 1.24)*** <.001 1.10 (1.01, 1.20)* .036
 Unemployed 1.36 (1.26, 1.48) <.001 1.10 (1.04, 1.16)** <.001 1.24 (1.16, 1.33)*** <.001
 Living arrangements
  Homeless 1.55 (1.33, 1.80)*** <.001 1.30 (1.17, 1.45)*** <.001 1.18 (1.06, 1.32)** .003
  Dependent living 1.01 (.90, 1.12) .918 .74 (.68, .79)*** <.001 1.36 (1.24, 1.50)*** <.001
Criminal justice involvement
  One 2.15 (1.84, 2.52)*** <.001 1.09 (.96, 1.23) .170 1.98 (1.77, 2.22)*** <.001
  >1 1.20 (.85 1.71) .299 .70 (.54, .91)*** .007 1.73 (1.27, 2.33)*** <.001
Source of referral
  Individual 1.76 (1.56, 1.97)*** <.001 1.47 (1.38, 1.58)*** <.001 1.19 (1.08, 1.32)*** <.001
  Other 1.08 (.89, 1.29) .422 .83 (.74,.92)** <.001 1.30 (1.11, 1.52)*** <.001
  Court/Criminal justice referral 1.48 (1.27, 1.72)*** <.001 .45 (.41, .50)*** <.001 3.27 (2.87, 3.73)*** <.001
Substance abuse treatment
 Length of treatment
  <30 days 1.68 (1.48, 1.92)*** <.001 3.37 (3.10, 3.66)*** <.001 .50 (.45, .56)*** <.001
  30–90 days 1.81 (1.61, 2.04)*** <.001 2.39 (2.22, 2.28)*** <.001 .76 (.69, .84)*** <.001
  90–180 days 1.34 (1.19,. 1.51) .173 1.39 (1.30, 1.50)*** <.001 .96 (.87, 1.06) .456
  180–364 days 1.21 (1.08, 1.53)* .002 1.16 (1.08, 1.25)*** <.001 1.04 (.94, .1.15) .431
Prior treatment history
  >1 prior treatment episodes 1.42 (1.29, 1.57)*** <.001 1.09 (1.02, 1.14)* .006 1.31 (1.20, 143)*** <.001
Substance use
 Substance use at admission
  Heroin 2.09 (1.77, 2.46)*** <.001 1.51 (1.37, 1.67)*** <.001 1.38 (1.19, 1.60)*** <.001
  Methadone (non-prescription) 1.47 (1.12, 1.93)** .005 1.17 (.99, 1.36) .053 1.26 (.99, 1.61) .063
  Synthetic and other opiates 1.23 (1.07, 1.53)** .004 1.28 (1.17, 1.39)*** <.001 .98 (.86, 1.10) .685
  Cocaine 1.55 (1.35, 1.77)*** <.001 1.30 (1.19, 1.42)*** <.001 1.19 (1.06, 1.34)** .003
  Methamphetamines 2.04 (1.68, 2.47)*** <.001 1.51 (1.37, 1.66)*** <.001 1.34 (1.14, 1.58) <.001
  Benzodiazepines 1.28 (1.07,1.53)** .006 1.10 (.98, 1.23) .094 1.17 (1.01, 1.36)* .046
  Cannabis 1.27 (1.10, 1.45)*** <.001 1.18 (1.08, 1.25)*** <001 1.07 (.95, 1.20) .266
Daily drug use at admission 1.59 (1.41, 1.74)*** <.001 1.63 (1.53, 1.72)*** <.001 .97 (.90, 1.04) .215
Number of substances at admission
  2 .78 (.69, .89)*** <.001 .84 (.78, .91)*** <.001 .93 (.83, 1.04) .431
  3 .55 (.45, .68)*** <.001 .70 (.62, .79)*** <.001 .79 (.66, .95)* .012
 Current IV drug use 1.27 (1.16, 1.39)*** <.001 1.05 (.99, 1.12) .092 1.21 (1.12, 1.30)*** <.001
Comorbid psychiatric condition 1.09 (.99, 1.18)* .093 1.09 (1.03, 1.16)*** <.001 .99 (.91, 1.06) .723
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.