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. 2020 Dec 12;21:267. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01339-y

Table 2.

Poverty indicators, self-reported health status, and quality of life in participants with and without legal needs and comparisons between these two groups

All survey respondents
N = 770
At least one legal need1
n = 648
No legal needs
n = 122
Has legal need versus
No legal needs
n (%) n (%) n (%) p-value2
Household Income: Low-Income Measure 503
 Above LIM 503 134 (47.3) 86 (38.1) 48 (84.2) p < 0.001
 Below LIM 503 149 (52.7) 140 (61.9) 9 (15.8)
 Total 283 226 57
Income Insecurity
 Yes 293 (38.1) 293 (45.2) 0 (0.0) Not applicable4
 No 477 (61.9) 355 (54.8) 122 (100)
 Total 770 648 122
Cannot afford medication
 Yes 169 (21.9) 165 (25.5) 4 (3.3) p < 0.001
 No 601 (78.1) 483 (74.5) 118 (96.7)
 Total 770 648 122
Food Insecurity
 Yes 89 (12.2) 88 (14.3) 1 (0.9) p < 0.001
 No 641 (87.8) 529 (85.7) 112 (99.1)
 Total 730 617 113
Housing Insecurity
 Yes 80 (11.0) 77 (12.6) 3 (2.7) p = 0.001
 No 645 (89.0) 536 (87.4) 109 (97.3)
 Total 725 613 112
Self-reported Health Status
 Excellent/Very good 298 (40.4) 226 (36.4) 72 (62.1) p < 0.001
 Good/Fair 379 (51.4) 335 (53.9) 44 (37.9)
 Poor 60 (8.1) 60 (9.7) 0 (0.0)
 Total 737 621 116
Quality of Life
Mobility
 No problem 522 (71.5) 426 (69.4) 96 (82.8) p = 0.003
 Some/Severe problems 208 (28.5) 188 (30.6) 20 (17.2)
Total 730 614 116
Self-care
 No problem 670 (92.0) 557 (90.9) 113 (98.3) p = 0.004
 Some/Severe problems 58 (8.0) 56 (9.1) 2 (1.7)
Total 728 613 115
Performing usual activities
 No difficulty 477 (65.3) 379 (61.7) 98 (84.5) p < 0.001
 Some/Severe difficulty 253 (34.7) 235 (38.3) 18 (15.5)
 Total 730 614 106
Pain and discomfort
 None 288 (39.4) 236 (38.4) 52 (44.8) p = 0.214
 Some/Severe 443 (60.6) 379 (61.6) 64 (55.2)
 Total 731 615 116
Anxiety and depression
 None 349 (48.1) 271 (44.4) 78 (68.4) p < 0.001
 Some/Severe 376 (51.9) 340 (55.6) 36 (31.6)
 Total 725 611 114

Notes: 1 Participants with legal needs indicated by the Legal Health Check-Up survey; 2 p-value from Fisher’s Exact Test; 3Low Income Measure 50 (LIM-50) is the threshold for median (50th percentile) household income, adjusted for household size. Household size was asked on a follow-up survey, not baseline, so LIM-50 could only be calculated for 283 participants. 4Income insecurity was considered a legal need on the screening survey, hence this poverty indicator had a frequency of 0% for those without a legal need and it was not appropriate to run significance testing for this measure