TABLE 2. iHELP Categories by Medical Legal Partnership Patient Sociodemographic Characteristics (N = 212).
| Characteristics | Income Support | Housing and Utilities | Education and Employment | Legal Immigration | Personal and Family Stability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 124) | Yes (n = 88) | No (n = 114) | Yes (n = 98) | No (n = 182) | Yes (n = 30) | No (n = 198) | Yes (n = 14) | No (n = 145) | Yes (n = 67) | |
| Age, n (%)a | ||||||||||
| 18-24 y | 9 (7.8) | ... | 4 (3.8) | 5 (5.2) | 9 (5.3) | ... | 8 (4.3) | 2 (13.3) | 5 (3.6) | 4 (6.7) |
| 25-39 y | 28 (24.1) | 18 (21.2) | 28 (26.7) | 18 (18.6) | 36 (21.1) | 10 (33.3) | 39 (20.9) | 7 (46.7) | 30 (21.3) | 16 (26.7) |
| 40-59 y | 44 (37.9) | 46 (54.1) | 43 (41.0) | 48 (49.5) | 73 (42.7) | 17 (56.7) | 86 (46.0) | 4 (26.7) | 68 (48.2) | 22 (36.7) |
| ≥60 y | 35 (30.2) | 21 (24.7) | 30 (28.6) | 26 (26.8) | 53 (31.0) | 3 (10.0) | 54 (28.9) | 2 (13.3) | 38 (27.0) | 18 (30.0) |
| P | .02 | .51 | .04 | .07 | .42 | |||||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Female | 75 (62.0) | 54 (65.1) | 68 (61.8) | 63 (65.6) | 110 (62.9) | 19 (65.5) | 122 (64.2) | 8 (53.3) | 91 (65.0) | 38 (59.4) |
| Male | 46 (38.0) | 29 (34.9) | 42 (38.2) | 33 (34.4) | 65 (37.1) | 10 (34.5) | 68 (35.8) | 7 (46.7) | 49 (35.0) | 26 (36.2) |
| P | .65 | .65 | .78 | .29 | .44 | |||||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 18 (15.1) | 5 (6.0) | 13 (12.3) | 10 (10.2) | 21 (12.1) | 2 (6.9) | 17 (9.0) | 7 (46.7) | 13 (9.4) | 10 (15.6) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 101 (84.9) | 78 (94.0) | 93 (87.7) | 88 (89.8) | 152 (87.8) | 27 (93.1) | 171 (91.0) | 8 (53.3) | 125 (90.6) | 54 (84.4) |
| P | .04 | .68 | .54 | .002 | .20 | |||||
| Race, n (%)b | ||||||||||
| White | 40 (34.5) | 26 (31.0) | 36 (34.6) | 31 (31.6) | 55 (32.2) | 11 (37.9) | 64 (34.2) | 2 (14.3) | 42 (30.4) | 24 (38.7) |
| Black or African American | 59 (50.9) | 50 (59.5) | 54 (51.9) | 56 (57.1) | 94 (55.0) | 15 (51.7) | 105 (56.2) | 4 (28.6) | 81 (58.7) | 28 (45.2) |
| Other | 17 (14.7) | 8 (9.5) | 14 (13.5) | 11 (11.2) | 22 (12.9) | 3 (10.3) | 18 (9.6) | 8 (57.1) | 15 (10.9) | 10 (16.1) |
| P | .39 | .74 | .81 | <.001 | .19 | |||||
aMean (SD) age for each iHELP category: Income Support 52.0 years (14.0); Housing and Utilities 51.1 years (16.7); Education and Employment 46.4 (12.3); Legal Immigration 41.4 years (15.2); Personal and Family Stability 47.1 years (18.9).
bOther race (n; %) includes the following: American Indian/Alaska Native (n = 2; 1.4); Asian (n = 4; 2.9); and Other (n = 19; 13.6).