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.
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GROUP | C-YJ | C-non-YJ | χ2 (df) | p | Φ |
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(n = 46) | (n = 204) | ||||
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Gender | n (%) | n (%) | 2.19 (2) | .335 | .0951 |
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Woman | 42 (97.7) | 183 (91.0) | |||
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Man | 1 (2.3) | 17 (8.5) | |||
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Transgender/non-binary | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | |||
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Race/Ethnicity | 4.12 (4) | .392 | .1281 | ||
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White | 41 (89.1) | 168 (82.8) | |||
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Other | 1 (2.2) | 20 (9.9) | |||
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Asian | 3 (6.5) | 10 (4.9) | |||
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Black | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | |||
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Indigenous | 1 (2.2) | 2 (1.0) | |||
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Socioeconomic Status | 2.01 (3) | .566 | .0901 | ||
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Live comfortably | 27 (58.7) | 125 (61.3) | |||
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Meets needs with a little left | 13 (28.3) | 45 (22.1) | |||
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Just meets basic expenses | 6 (13.0) | 28 (13.7) | |||
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Does not meet basic expenses | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.9) | |||
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Marital Status | 1.16 (2) | .560 | .068 | ||
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Married or common law | 29 (65.9) | 150 (73.5) | |||
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Single, separated, or divorced | 13 (29.5) | 45 (22.1) | |||
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Other | 2 (4.5) | 9 (4.4) | |||
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Region of Residence | 4.05 (2) | .132 | .128 | ||
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Rural to Small Population | 11 (23.9) | 25 (12.4) | |||
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Medium Population | 8 (17.4) | 36 (17.9) | |||
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Large Urban Population | 27 (58.7) | 140 (69.7) | |||
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Physical Health | .998 (1) | .318 | .063 | ||
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Good to excellent | 42 (93.1) | 175 (85.8) | |||
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Fair to poor | 4 (8.7) | 29 (14.2) | |||
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Mental Health | .630 (1) | .466 | .050 | ||
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Good to excellent | 36 (78.3) | 148 (72.5) | |||
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Fair to poor | 10 (21.7) | 56 (27.5) | |||
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Education Level | .270 (2) | .874 | .034 | ||
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High school or less | 2 (4.8) | 10 (5.2) | |||
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Some college/university | 7 (16.7) | 26 (13.6) | |||
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Graduated college/university | 33 (78.6) | 155 (81.2) | |||
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Employed | 4.01 (1) | .045 | .127 | ||
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Yes | 36 (80.0) | 131 (64.5) | |||
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No | 9 (20.0) | 72 (35.5) | |||
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1 Cramer’s V (V∈) was used as a measure of effect size due to small cell sizes.