The Impact of Relationship on Goal Attainment in a Home-Based Family Support Program

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of TIES participants.

	All participants (N = 127)
	N	%
Age in years (mean ± SD)	28.4 (4.8)
Program location
Kansas	61	48.0
Missouri	66	52.0
Race
African American or Black	35	27.6
White/Caucasian	81	63.8
Other	9	7.1
Not provided	2	1.6
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	110	86.6
Hispanic or Latino	15	11.8
Not provided	2	1.6
Marital status
Single	92	72.4
Married	11	8.7
Separated/divorced	14	11.0
Domestic partner	6	4.7
Not provided	4	3.1
Educational attainment
Less than high school diploma	61	48.0
High school graduate/GED or higher	64	50.4
Not provided	2	1.6
Employed at intake
Full time	7	5.5
Part time	13	10.2
Unemployed	105	82.7
Not provided	2	1.6
Housing status
Rents/shares own home/apartment	45	35.4
Lives with family/friends	33	26.0
Residential treatment	2	1.6
Shelter	7	5.5
Supportive housing	10	7.9
Transitional housing	21	16.5
Homeless	6	4.7
Correctional facility	1	0.8
Not provided	2	1.6
Health insurance
Medicaid	92	72.4
Applied for Medicaid	3	2.4
Commercial	6	4.7
No insurance	9	7.1
Not provided	17	13.4
Additional children to whom mother has access
0	31	24.4
1–4	82	64.6
5–8	11	8.7
Substance use type
Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)	107	84.3
Amphetamine type stimulants (speed, diet pills, ecstasy, etc.)	76	59.8
Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)	110	86.6
Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)	68	53.5
Hallucinogens (LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, special K, etc.)	42	33.1
Inhalants (nitrous, glue, petrol, paint thinner, etc.)	14	11.0
Opioids (heroin, morphine, methadone, codeine, etc.)	47	37.0
Sedatives or sleeping pills (valium, serepax, rohypnol, etc.)	10	7.9
Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)	38	29.9