Research Note: Social Resources and Frequency of Drug Use as Predictors of Male Admissions to Treatment Programs: A Proposed Model

Abstract

Comparing males admitted to treatment for drug use in 1976 with a sample of users, never treated, both first and repeat admissions are found to be dependent on the frequency of use and a person's social resources. Adjusting for differences in the frequency of consumption, single males were treated more often than the married, and men of lower occupational and educational attainment were admitted in greater proportions than were men of higher status. Social resources not only have significant main effects but they interact among themselves and with consumption frequency to influence admission probabilities.