Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics by the follow-up period, by ethnicity
| Demographics at follow-up | Total (n = 245) | White British (n = 93) (38.0%) | Black African (n = 85) (34.7%) | Black Caribbean (n = 67) (27.3%) | Test statistics | df | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living arrangement, n (%) | |||||||
| Alone | 116 (47.9) | 39 (42.4) | 36 (43.4) | 41 (61.2) | 10.88a | 4 | 0.03 |
| Not alone | 80 (33.1) | 39 (42.4) | 26 (31.3) | 15 (22.4) | |||
| Supported accommodation | 46 (19.0) | 14 (15.2) | 21 (25.3) | 11 (16.4) | |||
| Relationship status, n (%) | |||||||
| Single | 185 (76.8) | 61 (67.0) | 70 (83.3) | 54 (81.8) | 7.81a | 2 | 0.02 |
| Stable relationship | 56 (23.2) | 30 (33.0) | 14 (16.7) | 12 (18.2) | |||
| Employment, n (%) | |||||||
| Unemployed | 191 (81.6) | 73 (86.9) | 65 (76.5) | 53 (81.5) | 3.07a | 2 | 0.22 |
| Employed | 43 (18.4) | 11 (13.1) | 20 (23.5) | 12 (18.5) | |||
| Type of accommodation, n (%) | |||||||
| Owned | 11 (5.7) | 5 (7.6) | 6 (8.3) | – | 25.05a | 6 | <0.001 |
| Housing association/Local authority rented | 142 (73.2) | 38 (57.6) | 52 (72.2) | 52 (92.9) | |||
| Privately rented | 26 (13.4) | 17 (25.8) | 6 (8.3) | 3 (5.4) | |||
| Homeless | 15 (7.7) | 6 (9.1) | 8 (11.1) | 1 (1.8) | |||
df degrees of freedom
a χ 2 tests for categorical variables