Individual characteristics, gender differences and drop-out from alcoholism treatment.

Both male and female alcoholics who had dropped out of treatment had lower incomes, greater severity of drinking problems, but were less likely to have insurance coverage than were persons who completed or were still in treatment. Results suggest that somewhat different sets of predisposing characteristics, attitudes and beliefs, and personal enabling and social enabling factors are related to treatment drop-out for women and men alcoholics and that more variables are related to treatment drop-out for men.