Characteristics, services, and outcomes of treatment for women

This paper analyzes the demographic and pretreatment characteristics of mal e and female participants in the National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study, including the women's treatment experiences and tire outcomes of var ious types of substance abuse treatment. Follow-up of a multisite sample of 1,374 women and 3,037 men indicates minimal differences exist between men and women in the outcomes of five modalities of substance abuse treatment, Treatment appears to reduce women's drug and alcohol use and illegal activi ties and increase their levels of employment. Demographic and pretreatment characteristics are only modestly associated with differences in treatment out-comes, and differential service receipt has inconsistent effects on out comes.