An intervention to improve program implementation: findings from a two-year cluster randomized trial of Assets-Getting To Outcomes

Table 3 Characteristics of study sample, AGTO versus non-AGTO ^h

	Baseline		Post
	AGTO (n = 174)	Non-AGTO (n = 202)	AGTO (n = 159)	Non-AGTO (n = 156)
Age in years, %
12-49	53	53	46	48
50+	47	47	55	52
Female, %	72	74	71	74
White, %	98	97	97	100
Education, %
HS graduate or less	6	12	4	6
Some college	22	6	21	10
College graduate	21	27	27	32
Graduate education	50	54	49	51
Employment status, %
Full time	81	78	78	81
Part time	13	9	13	12
Out of labor force	6	12	10	7
Coalition leadership (0–100), mean (SD)	77.4 (16.1)	71.9 (19.1)	80 (17.7)	74 (18.8)
Coalition cohesion (0–100), mean (SD)	76.0 (15.4)	71.9 (14.3)	77 (13.4)	72 (14.8)
Coalition receptivity to change (0–100), mean (SD)	72.9 (13.0)	69.1 (13.7)	74 (11.5)	69 (13.4)
Satisfaction with involvement in coalition, %
1 = Very dissatisfied, 2, 3	6	9	2	6
4	9	16	7	19
5	17	16	13	19
6	41	43	44	46
7 = Very satisfied	27	17	34	11
Years in coalition, %
0	7	13	9	21
1	25	25	8	2
2	16	16	14	20
3	7	10	15	13
4	5	13	9	11
5	8	6	8	10
6+	32	18	36	24
Type of involvement, %
Paid staff	31	23	26	24
Volunteer individual	21	33	32	34
Volunteer from partner organization	49	45	42	42

^hThere were no statistically significant differences between AGTO and non-AGTO study participants on almost all of these characteristics at baseline or post (p>0.05), except for satisfaction with involvement in coalition.

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