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. 2023 Oct 26;39(4):603–610. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08454-3

Table 1.

Jail Characteristics, by Survey Response Status, and Participant Characteristics. A total of 346 Jails Including 254 Responders and 92 Non-Responders

Characteristic Responders (n=254), no. (%) Non-responders (n=92), no. (%) P value
Jails
State
  NC 84 (33.1) 9 (9.8) <0.001
  SC 32 (12.6) 12 (13)
  GA 90 (35.4) 53 (57.6)
  AL 48 (18.9) 18 (19.6)
Daily population
  ≤ 50 49 (19.7) 20 (21.7) 0.10
  51–100 59 (23.7) 22 (23.9)
  101–200 51 (20.5) 17 (18.5)
  201–500 57 (22.9) 21 (22.8)
  501–1000 23 (9.2) 7 (7.6)
  1001+ 10 (4) 5 (5.4)
County urbanicity
  Large metro 38 (15.1) 12 (13) 0.25
  Medium/small metro 91 (36.3) 26 (28.3)
  Micro/noncore 122 (48.6) 54 (58.7)
Annual entries§ 1218577 (79.1) 1540318 (20.9)
Any contracted healthcare 232 (91.3) --
Participant
Role
  Healthcare supervisor 90 (35.4) --
  Healthcare provider, no supervision 29 (11.4) --
  Jail administrator or other non-healthcare personnel 135 (53.2) --
Years in position 3.0 (1.2, 8.0) --
Gender
  Female 144 (56.7) --
  Male 107 (42.1) --
  Missing 3 (1.2) --
Race
  White 178 (70.1) --
  Black 59 (23.2) --
  Multi-/other 9 (3.5) --
  Missing 8 (3.1) --
Age (years) 48 (40, 56)

5 jails with no population data; population data among non-responders from reference 22

3 jails with no urbanicity data; urbanicity classification based on reference 23

§Row percentages

P values based on chi-square test