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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants enrolled in E-TREAT (N = 157)

From: An exploratory study of engagement in a technology-supported substance abuse intervention

Variable

  

Age ( M , SD )

36.6

9.7

Monthly income from wages ( M , SD )

698

14.0

Gender ( n , %)

  

   Male

74

47.1

   Female

82

52.2

   Transgendered

1

1.6

Ethnicity ( n , %)

  

   Hispanic

46

29.3

Race ( n , %)

  

   White (non-Hispanic)

99

63.1

   White (Hispanic)

20

12.7

   Black

12

7.6

   American Indian

24

15.3

   Other

2

1.3

Employed ( n , %)

  

   Employed

60

38.2

Education ( n , %)

  

   12 years or less

72

45.9

   Some college

50

31.8

   Bachelors degree or higher

20

12.7

   Vocational program

15

9.6

Living ( n , %)

  

   Shelter

7

4.5

   Street/Outdoors

1

1.6

   Institution

3

1.9

   Housed

146

93.0

Used substance in past 30 days ( n , %)

  

   Alcohol

100

63.7

   Cocaine

38

24.2

   Marijuana

31

19.7

   Methamphetamines

19

12.1

Days substance use in the past 30 days ( M , SD )

  

   Alcohol

7.0

9.1

   Cocaine

2.1

5.6

   Marijuana

1.9

5.6

   Methamphetamines

.85

3.0

Children ( n , %)

  

   Yes

107

68.2

Probation/Parole ( n , %)

  

   Yes

60

38.2

Internet access ( n , %)

  

   Yes

111

70.7

Of those with Internet ( n = 111) where accessing ( n , %)

  

   Friend/Family

8

7.2

   Home

66

59.5

   Public access

24

21.6

   Work

2

1.8

   Missing

11

9.9

Treatment Motivation ( M, SD )

  

   External

2.89

1.55

   Internal

5.94

.94