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. 2024 Jan 29;24(1):2. doi: 10.5334/ijic.7044

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of caregivers of justice-involved (C-YJ) and caregivers of non-justice-involved (C-non-YJ) participants, with significance tests and effect sizes.


GROUP C-YJ C-non-YJ χ2 (df) p Φ

(n = 46) (n = 204)

Gender n (%) n (%) 2.19 (2) .335 .0951

Woman 42 (97.7) 183 (91.0)

Man 1 (2.3) 17 (8.5)

Transgender/non-binary 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5)

Race/Ethnicity 4.12 (4) .392 .1281

White 41 (89.1) 168 (82.8)

Other 1 (2.2) 20 (9.9)

Asian 3 (6.5) 10 (4.9)

Black 0 (0.0) 3 (1.5)

Indigenous 1 (2.2) 2 (1.0)

Socioeconomic Status 2.01 (3) .566 .0901

Live comfortably 27 (58.7) 125 (61.3)

Meets needs with a little left 13 (28.3) 45 (22.1)

Just meets basic expenses 6 (13.0) 28 (13.7)

Does not meet basic expenses 0 (0.0) 6 (2.9)

Marital Status 1.16 (2) .560 .068

Married or common law 29 (65.9) 150 (73.5)

Single, separated, or divorced 13 (29.5) 45 (22.1)

Other 2 (4.5) 9 (4.4)

Region of Residence 4.05 (2) .132 .128

Rural to Small Population 11 (23.9) 25 (12.4)

Medium Population 8 (17.4) 36 (17.9)

Large Urban Population 27 (58.7) 140 (69.7)

Physical Health .998 (1) .318 .063

Good to excellent 42 (93.1) 175 (85.8)

Fair to poor 4 (8.7) 29 (14.2)

Mental Health .630 (1) .466 .050

Good to excellent 36 (78.3) 148 (72.5)

Fair to poor 10 (21.7) 56 (27.5)

Education Level .270 (2) .874 .034

High school or less 2 (4.8) 10 (5.2)

Some college/university 7 (16.7) 26 (13.6)

Graduated college/university 33 (78.6) 155 (81.2)

Employed 4.01 (1) .045 .127

Yes 36 (80.0) 131 (64.5)

No 9 (20.0) 72 (35.5)

1 Cramer’s V (V∈) was used as a measure of effect size due to small cell sizes.