| Table 2. Distribution of Demographic Characteristics for
Probationers and Non-Probationers Aged 18 and Older: 1995-97 (Weighted
Estimates) |
| Demographic Characteristic |
Probationers |
Non-Probationers[1] |
Total |
|
| Total |
100.0% |
|
100.0% |
|
100.0% |
|
| Population Size |
(2,400,000) |
(189,110,000) |
(191,510,000) |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
78.7 |
+ |
47.3 |
|
47.7 |
|
| Female |
21.3 |
+ |
52.7 |
|
52.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18-25 |
39.6 |
+ |
14.2 |
|
14.5 |
|
| 26-34 |
26.9 |
+ |
18.5 |
|
18.6 |
|
| 35-49 |
26.2 |
|
31.6 |
|
31.5 |
|
| 50+ |
7.4 |
+ |
35.7 |
|
35.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White non-Hispanic |
64.8 |
+ |
76.0 |
|
75.8 |
|
| Black non-Hispanic |
18.4 |
+ |
10.8 |
|
10.9 |
|
| Hispanic |
13.9 |
+ |
9.2 |
|
9.3 |
|
| Other |
2.8 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Population Density |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Large metro |
39.3 |
|
43.5 |
|
43.4 |
|
| Small metro |
32.2 |
|
33.8 |
|
33.8 |
|
| Nonmetro |
28.5 |
|
22.7 |
|
22.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
10.9 |
+ |
20.0 |
|
19.9 |
|
| North Central |
24.2 |
|
23.1 |
|
23.1 |
|
| South |
43.7 |
+ |
35.6 |
|
35.7 |
|
| West |
21.2 |
|
21.3 |
|
21.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Adult Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
43.9 |
+ |
18.8 |
|
19.1 |
|
| High school graduate |
30.3 |
|
34.2 |
|
34.2 |
|
| Some college |
19.1 |
|
22.8 |
|
22.8 |
|
| College graduate |
6.6 |
+ |
24.2 |
|
23.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current Employment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Full-time |
54.1 |
|
52.4 |
|
52.5 |
|
| Part-time |
10.3 |
|
11.3 |
|
11.3 |
|
| Unemployed |
15.0 |
+ |
4.2 |
|
4.4 |
|
| Other |
20.7 |
+ |
32.0 |
|
31.9 |
|
| [1] Non-probationers includes those who reported
not being on probation, gave multiple responses, refused to respond, or whose
response area was left blank. |
| + Percentage of probationers in subgroup differs
from percentage of non-probationers in subgroup at 0.05 level of significance. |
| Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA,
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1995-97 |
SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal
Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of
substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health
services in the United States.