Table 1.
Variables | Support in-unit policy | Support outdoor policy | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||
No. | Est. | No. | Est. | No. | Est. | No. | Est. | ||
Age, median, years | – | 23.8 | – | 27.2 | – | 24.9 | – | 24.8 | |
Sex (%) | Male | 16 | 39.0 | 25 | 61.0* | 14 | 35.0 | 26 | 65.0 |
Female | 148 | 56.9 | 112 | 43.1 | 95 | 36.5 | 165 | 63.5 | |
Race/ethnicity (%) | African American | 137 | 54.6 | 114 | 45.4 | 90 | 36.0 | 160 | 64.0 |
Other | 27 | 55.1 | 22 | 44.9 | 19 | 38.8 | 30 | 61.2 | |
Age of youngest child (%) | No children | 37 | 45.1 | 45 | 54.9* | 32 | 39.5 | 49 | 60.5 |
<5 years | 103 | 61.7 | 64 | 38.3 | 55 | 32.9 | 112 | 67.1 | |
5–17 years | 24 | 46.2 | 28 | 53.8 | 22 | 42.3 | 30 | 57.7 | |
Education (%) | Less than high school | 40 | 45.5 | 48 | 54.5* | 29 | 33.3 | 58 | 66.7 |
High school or more | 124 | 58.2 | 89 | 41.8 | 80 | 37.6 | 133 | 62.4 | |
Employment (%) | Full-/part-time | 62 | 62.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 63 | 63.0 |
Not employed | 102 | 50.7 | 99 | 49.3 | 72 | 36.0 | 128 | 64.0 | |
Length of stay, geometric mean, months | – | 21.1 | – | 28.9* | – | 23.6 | – | 24.5 | |
(95% CI) | (17.7–25.0) | (23.3–35.9) | (19.1–29.2) | (20.5–29.1) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
*p < .05 for comparison of demographic variable by policy support status (no comparisons were significant for outdoor policies).