Table 3.
Self-reported needs and unmet needs stratified by care status
| Service | Total | In care | Sporadic care | Out of care | Needs test statistic | Needs p-value | Unmet needs test statistic | Unmet needs p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needed | Unmet | Needed | Unmet | Needed | Unmet | Needed | Unmet | |||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
| Mean number of unmet needs (SD) | 3.2 (1.6) | 1.7 (1.1) | 3.2 (1.6) | 1.6 (0.95) | 2.8 (1.5) | 1.9 (1.1) | 3.6 (1.9) | 2.3 (1.3) | 1.3726 | 0.5034b | 4.363 | 0.1129b |
| Housing | 51 (29.7) | 30 (58.8) | 37 (32.5) | 22 (59.5) | 7 (20.6) | 3 (42.9) | 7 (29.2) | 5 (71.4) | 1.7715 | 0.4124 | N/A | 0.6342a |
| Counseling | 87 (50.9) | 14 (16.1) | 62 (54.4) | 8 (12.9) | 14 (41.2) | 3 (21.4) | 11 (45.8) | 3 (27.8) | 2.0797 | 0.3535 | N/A | 0.3908a |
| Substance abuse | 29 (16.9) | 3 (10.3) | 16 (14.0) | 2 (12.5) | 6 (17.7) | 0 (0) | 7 (29.2) | 1 (14.3) | 3.2571 | 0.1962 | N/A | 1.0000a |
| Emergency financial assistance | 56 (32.6) | 20 (35.7) | 35 (30.7) | 10 (28.6) | 8 (23.5) | 3 (37.5) | 13 (54.2) | 7 (53.9) | 6.5447 | 0.0379 | N/A | 0.0342a |
| Employment assistance | 49 (28.5) | 21 (42.9) | 34(29.8) | 11 (32.4) | 8 (23.5) | 4 (50.0) | 7 (29.2) | 6 (85.7) | 6 (85.7) | 0.7727 | N/A | 0.1266a |
| Food, groceries, meals | 77 (45.0) | 6 (7.8) | 57 (50.0) | 4 (7.0) | 8 (24.2) | 1 (12.5) | 12 (50.0) | 1 (8.3) | 7.1381 | 0.0282 | N/A | 0.7868a |
| Benefits | 49 (28.5) | 12 (24.5) | 31 (27.2) | 7 (22.6) | 11 (32.4) | 3 (27.3) | 7 (29.2) | 2 (28.6) | 0.03486 | 0.8401 | N/A | 0.7736a |
A service was defined as being needed if a participant indicated needing access to service in the prior year. A service was defined as unmet if participant indicated not having received a service in the past year
a
Indicates Fisher’s exact test used. N/A indicated not applicable as a test statistic is not generated
b
Indicates Kruskal–Wallis test used
Significant p-values are bolded