Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program
Table 1
Demographic profile of participating mothers.
Demographic variables
n
M (SD)
Age
30.75 years (7.42)
20–24 years
2
25–29 years
3
30–39 years
3
40+ years
2
Current employment
Work part time
1
Homemaker
5
Unemployed
5
Education
Partial high school
8
Completed high school
2
Partial technical school
1
Completed technical school
1
Ethnicity
Caucasian
12
Other
0
First language
English
10
Other
0
Disability
Yes
3
No
7
Marital status
Legally separated
2
Boyfriend/girlfriend
4
Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend
3
Widowed
1
Number of children
2.45 (1.44)
1
3
2
4
3
2
5
2
Children’s age
70.6 months (78.19)
Social assistance
Yes
9
No
0
Note: some participants did not provide responses to each of the demographic questions. Thus, totals do not always sum to 12 participants, but range from 9 to 12.
