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Table 1 Participant characteristics by criminal justice status at baseline

From: Organizational access points and substance use disorder treatment utilization among Black women: a longitudinal cohort study

Identified as person who uses drugs at baseline, no missing n

Community

Prison

Probation

Total

p-value

Age† (mean)

33.6

36.3

34.0

34.7

0.004

Household income (in year), %

    

0.465

 Less than $4,999

31.7

31.4

23.1

29.0

 

 $5,000 to $9,999

17.8

16.1

22.0

18.4

 

 $10,000 to $19,999

31.7

21.2

27.5

26.5

 

 $20,000 to $29,999

5.9

9.3

9.9

8.4

 

 $30,000 to $39,999

5.0

10.2

6.6

7.4

 

 More than $40,000

6.9

8.5

5.5

7.1

 

 Don’t know

1.0

3.4

5.5

3.2

 

Educational attainment, %

    

0.002

 Less than High School

27.7

47.5

42.9

39.7

 

 High School (or GED

 equivalent)

24.8

30.0

27.5

27.4

 

 College or more

47.5

22.9

30.0

32.9

 

Marital status, %

    

0.021

 Legally married

7.9

17.0

8.8

11.6

 

 Single, never married

71.3

54.2

73.6

65.5

 

 Other (divorced, widowed,

 etc.)

20.8

28.8

17.6

22.9

 

Primary substance that caused most serious problem, %

    

0.001

 Alcohol

18.8

13.6

6.6

13.2

 

 Cannabis

22.8

20.3

22.0

21.6

 

 Cocaine

23.8

50.9

34.1

37.1

 

 Opiates

1.0

5.1

2.2

2.9

 

Frequency of use, %

    

< 0.001

 Less than weekly

22.8

4.2

14.3

13.2

 

 More than weekly

77.2

95.8

85.7

86.8

 

Health insurance status, %

    

0.260

 Medicaid

32.7

44.1

38.5

38.7

 

 Other

22.8

21.2

15.4

20.0

 

 Not insured

44.6

34.8

46.2

41.3

 

N

101

118

91

310

 
  1. Note: †n = 306.