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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: The comparative effectiveness of Core versus Core+Enhanced implementation strategies in a randomized controlled trial to improve substance use treatment receipt among justice-involved youth

 

Total Sample

Core

Core + Enhanced

ω2 for total sample c

Characteristics

N

Mean

(SE)

N

Mean

(SE)

N

Mean

(SE)

Youth characteristics

 Age

8987

15.25 (1.33)

4586

15.27 (1.33)

4401

15.24 (1.34)

.00 (.000, .001)

 Male (%)

8985

79%

4586

81.36%

4399

77.20%

.003 (.001, .005)

 White

8567

52%

4190

41.03%

4377

62.1%

.044 (.036, .053)

 Non-White

8567

48%

4190

59.0%

4377

37.9%

.044 (.036, .053)

 Black (%)

8567

46%

4190

56.78%

4377

35.64%

.045 (.037, .054)

 Hispanic (%)

7920

30%

3709

20.90%

4211

37.97%

.035 (.027, .043)

Percentage of youth had a positive urine screen (Positive Urine)

8988

28%

4587

22%

4401

34%

.017 (.012, .023)

Charges a

8508

1.60 (.55)

4356

1.58 (.55)

4152

1.62 0.55)

.001 (.0003, .003)

Maximum Charge Level

8409

1.60 (.55)

4313

1.58 (.55)

4096

1.63 (.55)

.0015 (.0003, .0037)

Current charges were alcohol or other drug-related (%)

8988

34%

4587

36%

4401

32%

.001 (.0002, .003)

Current charges were violence-related (%)

8988

22%

4587

19%

4401

24%

.003 (.002, .006)

Level of community supervision b

8988

1.63 (.52)

4587

1.60 (.55)

4401

1.67 (.49)

.004 (.002, .008)

Juvenile justice status (probation, %)

8988

65%

4587

63%

4401

67%

.002 (.001, .004)

County characteristics

 Percentage of residents in urban areas (% Urbanicity)

8988

92%

4587

92%

4401

92%

.002 (.0004, .004)

 Percentage of families with youth living in poverty

8988

18%

4587

19%

4401

17%

.033 (.026, .040)

  1. Note. a Charges = the total number of charges in the following categories: alcohol and drug-related charges, probation/parole violation, weapons offense, and other status offense [13]. b Level of community supervision includes 2 = more community supervision (any probation, parole, Juvenile Drug Court, detention, or other justice status), 1 = less (other community supervision or diversion), and 0 = other combinations of statuses or no status indicated. c omega2 (ω2) was used to evaluate significance and select covariates for subsequent analyses, with the following designations: no effect (ω2 = 0), small effect (ω2 = .01), medium effect (ω2 = .06), and large effect (ω2 = .14)