Table 1.
Table of Demographic Characteristics.
| Overall | Community | Hospital | Prison | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 155 | 69 | 67 | 19 | |
| Age On Admission, mean (SD) | 16.1 (1.2) | 15.8 (1.3) | 16.2 (1.1) | 16.5 (1.0) | 0.022 |
| Age On Discharge, mean (SD) | 16.9 (1.4) | 16.3 (1.5) | 17.6 (0.9) | 16.8 (1.1) | < 0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 86 (55.5) | 42 (60.9) | 27 (40.3) | 17 (89.5) | |
| Female | 69 (44.5) | 27 (39.1) | 40 (59.7) | 2 (10.5) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.523 | ||||
| White British | 127 (81.9) | 55 (79.7) | 56 (83.6) | 16 (84.2) | |
| Black/Black British | 10 (6.5) | 7 (10.1) | 3 (4.5) | ||
| Asian | 7 (4.5) | 4 (5.8) | 2 (3.0) | 1 (5.3) | |
| Other/Mixed | 11 (7.1) | 3 (4.3) | 6 (9.0) | 2 (10.5) | |
| Looked after child status, n (%) | 0.052 | ||||
| No | 76 (49.0) | 36 (52.2) | 35 (52.2) | 5 (26.3) | |
| Yes - Full Care Order | 55 (35.5) | 24 (34.8) | 20 (29.9) | 11 (57.9) | |
| Yes - Section 20 | 17 (11.0) | 8 (11.6) | 6 (9.0) | 3 (15.8) | |
| Yes - Leaving Care | 6 (3.9) | 6 (9.0) | |||
| Unknown | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.4) | |||
Legend. Demographic factors of sample compared by discharge destination. Chi-squared tests for the following variables may be invalid due to the low number of observations: Ethnicity, Looked after child status.