Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of justice-involved (YJ) non-justice-involved (non-YJ) youth as reported by caregivers, with significance tests and effect sizes.
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| GROUP | YJ | NON-YJ | χ2 (df) | p | Φ |
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| (n = 46) | (n = 204) | ||||
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| Gender | n (%) | n (%) | 16.77 (2) | <.001 | .2601 |
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| Woman | 13 (28.3)* | 107 (52.7)* | 9.0 (1) | .003 | |
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| Man | 32 (69.6)* | 75 (36.9)* | 16.0 (1) | <.001 | |
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| Transgender/non-binary | 1 (2.2) | 21 (10.3) | 3.24 (1) | .072 | |
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| Race/Ethnicity | 4.81 (4) | .308 | .1391 | ||
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| White | 36 (78.3) | 159 (78.3) | |||
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| Other | 5 (10.9) | 32 (15.8) | |||
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| Asian | 3 (6.5) | 7 (3.4) | |||
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| Black | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | |||
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| Indigenous | 2 (4.3) | 2 (1.0) | |||
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| Relationship to Youth | 1.90 (3) | .595 | .0871 | ||
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| Parent | 41 (89.1) | 190 (93.1) | |||
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| Grandparent | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.0) | |||
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| Sibling or other relative | 2 (4.3) | 5 (2.5) | |||
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| Other | 3 (6.5) | 7 (3.4) | |||
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| Physical Health | 2.24 (1) | .135 | .095 | ||
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| Good to excellent | 24 (52.2) | 130 (64.0) | |||
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| Poor to fair | 22 (47.8) | 73 (36.0) | |||
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| Mental Health | .851 (1) | .356 | .058 | ||
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| Good to excellent | 4 (8.7) | 28 (13.7) | |||
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| Poor to fair | 42 (91.3) | 176 (86.3) | |||
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| Student Status | 11.03 (1) | .001 | .210 | ||
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| Part- or full-time enrollment | 15 (32.6) | 121 (59.6) | |||
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| Not enrolled | 31 (67.4) | 82 (40.4) | |||
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| Education Level | 3.95 (2) | .139 | .126 | ||
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| High school or less | 37 (80.4) | 134 (65.7) | |||
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| Some college/university | 5 (10.9) | 45 (22.1) | |||
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| Graduated college/university | 4 (8.7) | 25 (12.3) | |||
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| Employment Status | 2.34 (3) | .506 | .0971 | ||
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| Full-time | 5 (10.9) | 22 (10.8) | |||
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| Part-time | 8 (17.4) | 54 (26.6) | |||
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| Unemployed | 29 (63.0) | 105 (51.7) | |||
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| Other | 4 (8.7) | 23 (10.8) | |||
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| Housing | 6.66 (4) | .070 | .1861 | ||
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| Lives independently | 3 (6.5) | 14 (6.9) | |||
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| With a partner | 5 (10.9) | 11 (5.4) | |||
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| With family | 29 (63.0) | 151 (74.0) | |||
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| With friends | 0 (0.0) | 10 (4.9) | |||
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| Other/transitional-housing | 9 (19.6) | 18 (8.8) | |||
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* Statistically significant at the Bonferroni corrected p-value of .017.
1 Cramer’s V (V∈) was used as a measure of effect size due to small cell sizes.