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. 2010 Feb 3;35(3):268–274. doi: 10.1007/s10900-010-9234-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of adults by incarceration history

Incarceration history P
Yes
(n = 102) %
No
(n = 874) %
Predisposing factors
 Gender <0.001
  Male 83.0 44.5
  Female 17.0a 55.5
 Age, years
  18–49 65.8 65.1 0.89
  ≥50 34.2 34.9
 Race/ethnicity 0.13
  African American or Latino 59.2 51.4
  White or other 40.8 48.6
 Educational level 0.06
  Less than high school/high school 49.5 39.9
  Some college/college/post graduate 50.5 60.1
 Employed 74.5 63.1 0.07
 Married 50.4 55.9 0.29
 Disabled 27.4 17.6 0.01
Enabling factors
 Household income
  0–199% FPL 35.3 43.3 0.11
  ≥200 FPL 64.7 56.7
 Current health insurance 87.8 81.5 0.11
 Continuous health insurance in past year 68.1 75.6 0.10
 Difficulty accessing medical care when needed very/somewhat difficult 29.0 24.6 0.33
Need factors
 General health status
  Excellent/very good/good 84.8 81.3 0.38
 Chronic disease
  Depression 18.2 11.7 0.06
  Two or more cardiovascular risk factors 41.1 37.4 0.46
  Two or more chronic diseases 27.5 21.6 0.17

aStatistically unstable estimate, with variance >23%