Table B.
HCA cluster solution (N = 66)
| Cluster # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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| Number of individuals in cluster | 7 (11%) | 6 (9%) | 8 (12%) | 10 (15%) | 4 (6%) | 17 (26%) | 3 (5%) | 11 (17%) |
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| Average age years (SD) | 37.7 (18.03) | 39.5 (17.47) | 51.0 (14.76) | 34.7 (13.16) | 49.3 (6.08) | 41.9 (16.59) | 29.0 (16.46) | 41.5(18.22) |
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| Number of females | 3 (43%) | 6 (100%) | 5 (63%) | 7 (70%) | 2 (50%) | 10 (59%) | 2 (67%) | 6 (55%) |
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| Highest level of education: | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1=Grade 9 or less | ||||||||
| 2=Grade 10–12 | ||||||||
| 3=Completed high school | ||||||||
| 4=Any post-secondary | ||||||||
| NR=no response (Median, Mode) | ||||||||
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| Work for pay: | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No = 0, Yes = 1 (Median, Mode) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Current household income sufficient to meet needs: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No = 0, Yes = 1 (Median, Mode) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Live with another person: | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| No = 0, Yes = 1 (Median, Mode) | ||||||||
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| Family you can rely on to help with problems: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| No = 0, Yes = 1 (Median, Mode) | ||||||||
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| Number of psychiatric diagnoses (mean, median, SD) | 1.43 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.75 | 1.71 | 2.0 | 2.55 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1.18 | 1.53 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.83 | 1.23 | 0.82 | 1.62 | |
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| Overall self-reported mental health rating (mean, median, SD) | 3.14 | 2.17 | 3.13 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.65 | 1.67 | 1.73 |
| 3 | 2 | 3.50 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0.83 | 0.69 | 1.05 | 0.9 | 1.66 | 0.84 | 0.47 | 0.75 | |
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| Emotional health (WHO-5 mean in population studies =50) (mean, SD) | Highest | Low | Above average | Above average | Below average | Above average | Average | Lowest |
| 70.29 | 38.0 | 60.0 | 57.2 | 45.0 | 59.29 | 49.33 | 36.73 | |
| 18.5 | 8.87 | 12.33 | 14.97 | 27.04 | 16.53 | 13.2 | 7.78 | |
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| HLQ domains (note: domains 1–5, Likert scale 1–4; domains 6–9, Likert scale 1–5) | ||||||||
| 1. Health Provider Support (Mean, SD) | 3.79 (0.28) | 3.0 (0.25) | 3.53 (0.29) | 3.8 (0.22) | 2.94 (0.67) | 3.01 (0.51) | 1.92 (0.31) | 2.82 (0.4) |
| High | Mod | Mod | High | Low | Mod | V. Low | Low | |
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| 2. Having Sufficient Information (Mean, SD) | 3.71 (0.28) | 2.71 (0.37) | 3.09 (0.37) | 2.95 (0.38) | 2.00 (0.53) | 2.75 (0.26) | 2.25 (0.35) | 2.32 (0.48) |
| High | Low | Mod | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
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| 3. Actively Managing Health (Mean, SD) | 3.74 (0.28) | 3.0 (0.2) | 3.5 (0.39) | 2.74 (0.55) | 1.7 (0.46) | 2.8 (0.25) | 3.13 (0.41) | 2.38 (0.45) |
| High | Mod | Mod | Low | V. Low | Low | Mod | Low | |
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| 4. Social Support for Health (Mean, SD) | 3.89 (0.15) | 2.67 (0.34) | 3.05 (0.3) | 3.18 (0.42) | 2.8 (0.51) | 2.55 (0.41) | 1.87 (0.19) | 2.24 (0.45) |
| High | Low | Mod | Mod | Low | Low | V. Low | Low | |
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| 5. Appraisal of Health Information (Mean, SD) | 3.6 (0.47) | 3.2 (0.2) | 2.95 (0.26) | 2.64 (0.72) | 1.95 (0.3) | 2.52 (0.41) | 3.0 (0.16) | 2.33 (0.48) |
| High | Mod | Low | Low | V. Low | Low | Mod | Low | |
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| 6. Active Engagement (Mean, SD) | 4.69 (0.34) | 3.07 (0.32) | 3.65 (0.36) | 4.04 (0.38) | 2.50 (0.61) | 3.33 (0.61) | 2.0 (0.34) | 3.27 (0.46) |
| High | Mod | High | High | Low | Mod | Low | Mod | |
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| 7. Navigating the Health System (Mean, SD) | 4.69 (0.26) | 2.72 (0.27) | 3.35 (0.39) | 3.95 (0.37) | 1.8 (0.22) | 3.05 (0.28) | 2.39 (0.34) | 3.23 (0.5) |
| High | Low | Mod | High | V. Low | Mod | Low | Mod | |
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| 8. Finding Health Information (Mean, SD) | 4.31 (0.6) | 3.9 (0.4) | 3.95 (0.46) | 3.96 (0.69) | 2.4 (0.58) | 2.98 (0.24) | 3.67 (0.25) | 3.33 (0.5) |
| High | High | High | High | Low | Low | High | Mod | |
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| 9. Understanding Health Information (Mean, SD) | 4.6 (0.47) | 4.2 (0.26) | 3.85 (0.37) | 4.06 (0.69) | 1.65 (0.58) | 2.87 (0.24) | 3.87 (0.25) | 3.98 (0.5) |
| High | High | High | High | V. Low | Low | High | High | |

