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