Table 2.
Level of preparedness among homeless persons without mental illness and homeless persons with mental illness
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
To join your family members | 20 | 44.4 | 15 | 33.3 | 10 | 22.2 | 35 | 77.8 | 4 | 8.9 | 6 | 13.3 | 11.45 | 2 | 0.003 |
To join with close friends | 2 | 4.4 | 17 | 37.8 | 26 | 57.8 | 7 | 15.6 | 7 | 15.6 | 31 | 68.9 | 7.383 | 2 | 0.025 |
To return to my previous job | 3 | 6.7 | 16 | 35.6 | 26 | 57.8 | 12 | 26.7 | 19 | 42.2 | 14 | 31.1 | 9.257 | 2 | 0.001 |
To work as a cleaner in the hotel | 0 | 0 | 22 | 48.9 | 23 | 51.1 | 6 | 13.3 | 16 | 35.6 | 23 | 51.1 | 6.947 | 2 | 0.031 |
To work in a kitchen (hotel/home) | 0 | 0 | 24 | 53.3 | 21 | 46.7 | 5 | 11.1 | 10 | 22.2 | 30 | 66.7 | 12.35 | 2 | 0.002 |
Accepting the family support for regular treatment | 1 | 2.2 | 21 | 46.7 | 23 | 51.1 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 41 | 91.1 | 21.09 | 2 | 0.000 |