TABLE 1. Demographic and Social Characteristics of Gender Groups
|
Gender
|
|
|
|
Variable
|
Female (n = 86)
|
Male (n = 127)
|
df
|
 2/t value
|
p
|
|
| Mean age |
33.5 |
40.6 |
209 |
–4.87 |
.0001 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
| Black |
1% |
7% |
|
|
|
| Hispanic |
49% |
55% |
|
|
|
| White |
49% |
36% |
|
|
|
| Others |
1% |
2% |
3 |
6.35 |
ns |
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
| Married/cohabitating |
20% |
24% |
|
|
|
| Divorced |
41% |
40% |
|
|
|
| Never married |
39% |
36% |
2 |
0.47 |
ns |
| Has children |
38% |
24% |
1 |
5.35 |
.02 |
| Years of education |
12.2 |
11.9 |
209 |
0.96 |
ns |
| Employment |
|
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
13% |
13% |
|
|
|
| Unemployed |
81% |
82% |
|
|
|
| Not in labor force |
6% |
5% |
2 |
0.13 |
ns |
| Living situation |
|
|
|
|
|
| With family |
54% |
63% |
|
|
|
| Group quarters |
12% |
5% |
|
|
|
| Living alone |
6% |
7% |
|
|
|
| Institutional setting |
16% |
1% |
|
|
|
| Homeless |
12% |
24% |
4 |
24.61 |
.0001 |
| Legal |
|
|
|
|
|
| Any legal involvement |
33% |
18% |
1 |
5.7 |
.02 |
| DWI past year |
6% |
7% |
1 |
0.12 |
ns |
| Public intoxication past year |
4% |
2% |
1 |
0.84 |
ns |
Other substance-related arrests
|
11%
|
5%
|
1
|
2.58
|
ns
|
|
Note. ns = nonsignificant; DWI = driving while intoxicated.