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Table 1 Unweighted Observed Characteristics of Full Analytic Sample, State Inmates, 2004. (Pre-imputation; N = 12,272)

From: Mental and physical health in prison: how co-occurring conditions influence inmate misconduct

Variables and Items

M

(SD)

Obs. R

Dependent Variables

Prison misconduct types (all ref.: no)

 Alcohol violation

0.02

0.14

0–1

 Disobey

0.25

0.43

0–1

 Drug violation

0.05

0.23

0–1

 Escape attempt

0.01

0.09

0–1

 Out of place

0.15

0.36

0–1

 Stolen property

0.01

0.11

0–1

 Unauthorized item

0.14

0.34

0–1

 Verbal assault of a guard

0.08

0.27

0–1

 Verbal assault of an inmate

0.05

0.23

0–1

 Possession of a weapon

0.03

0.17

0–1

 Non-serious prison misconduct - variety scale, ct

0.67

0.42

0–5

 Serious prison misconduct - variety scale, ct

0.13

1.04

0–5

Main Independent Variables

 Acute health conditions - variety scale, ct

1.43

1.06

0–4

 Chronic health conditions - variety scale, ct

0.67

1.04

0–9

 Mental health conditions - variety scale, ct

0.61

1.18

0–7

 Categories of co-occurring health conditions

  Chronic + mental

0.02

–

–

  Chronic + acute

0.20

–

–

  Acute + mental

0.10

–

–

  All three conditions

0.13

–

–

Covariates

 Drug dependence (ref: no)

0.38

0.49

0–1

 Work assignment (ref: no)

0.62

0.49

0–1

 Job program (ref: no)

0.28

0.45

0–1

 Number of prior incarcerations

1.87

4.58

0–161

 Total months served

55.62

63.23

0–523

 Sentence length (months)

125.42

180.68

0–4400

 Offense type

  Violent

0.46

–

–

  Property

0.20

–

–

  Drug

0.23

–

–

  Public order

0.11

–

–

 Race

  White

0.37

–

–

  Black or African American

0.40

–

–

  Hispanic

0.17

–

–

  Other/multiple races

0.05

–

–

  Female (ref: male)

0.20

–

–

  Age

35.33

10.43

16–84

  Education

10.87

2.32

0–18

  1. ABBREVIATIONS: ct = count. M = mean. (SD) = standard deviation. Obs. R = observed range
  2. ref = reference group
  3. NOTE: Results shown for individual scale items first, followed by full scale results. Mean and standard deviations are reported for continuous variables only