An Exploratory Study Using Cortisol to Describe the Response of Incarcerated Women IPV Survivors to MAMBRA Intervention

Table 2

Demographics.

	Sample ()	Subsample ()
Mean age	38.7 ± 9.4	39.0 ± 9.7
Mean ISA-P	62.3 ± 20.7	62.5 ± 21.0
Mean ISA-NP	64.5 ± 16.9	64.6 ± 17.2
Race/ethnicity
African American	13 (39%)	8 (31%)
White	17 (52%)	16 (61%)
Biracial	2 (6%)	1 (4%)
Hispanic	1 (3%)	1 (4%)
Marital status
Single	15 (46%)	12 (46%)
Married	5 (15%)	4 (15%)
Divorced	7 (21%)	5 (19%)
Separated	3 (9%)	3 (12)
Unmarried couple	3 (9%)	2 (8%)
Highest education
<12th grade	6 (18%)	4 (15%)
High school/GED	10 (30%)	9 (35%)
Some college	14 (43%)	11 (42%)
2-year college degree	3 (9%)	2 (8%)
Household income
<$10,000	20 (80%)	17 (81%)
<$20,000	2 (8%)	2 (9%)
<$30,000	1 (4%)	1 (5%)
<$60,000	1 (4%)
Unknown	1 (4%)	1 (5%)
Health status
Poor/fair	13 (39.5%)	12 (46%)
Good	8 (24%)	7 (27%)
Very good/excellent	12 (36.5%)	7 (27%)
Use prescribed meds, yes	25 (89%)	19 (86%)
Use street drugs, yes	29 (94%)	23 (96%)
HX S-abuse TX, yes	25 (76%)	20 (77%)

Note: ISA-NP = index of spouse abuse-nonphysical; ISA-P = index of spouse abuse-physical; HX = history; TX = treatment.