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. 2023 Feb 5:1–10. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01091-4

Table 2.

Mental health/behavior group differences

Characteristic None (N = 477) Mental health (N = 208) Beh. support needs (N = 324) Both (N = 595) Total (N = 1604) df X2 or F
Gender (1599) 3 6.93
Male 279 (58.99%) 122 (58.65%) 217 (66.98%) 351 (59.09%) 969 (60.60%)
Female 194 (41.01%) 86 (41.35%) 107 (33.02%) 243 (40.91%) 630 (39.40%)
Age (1491) 3, 1487 18.48***
Mean (SD) 45.56 (16.94) 50.85 (16.49) 40.29 (14.93) 44.14 (15.09) 44.66 (16.07)
Race (1604)
White 263 (55.14%) 134 (64.42%) 212 (65.43%) 390 (65.55%) 999 (62.28%) 3 14.84*
Black 137 (28.72%) 67 (32.21%) 90 (27.78%) 174 (29.24%) 468 (29.18%) 3 1.28
Latino 7 (1.47%) 3 (1.44%) 10 (3.09%) 12 (2.02%) 32 (2.00%) 3 2.98
Asian 12 (2.52%) 0 (0.00%) 12 (3.70%) 11 (1.85%) 35 (2.18%) 3 8.7*a
Level of ID (1387) 9 91.39***
Mild 102 (27.57%) 79 (43.41%) 46 (16.20%) 202 (36.66%) 429 (30.93%)
Moderate 123 (33.24%) 69 (37.91%) 113 (39.79%) 226 (41.02%) 531 (38.28%)
Severe 71 (19.19%) 20 (10.99%) 65 (22.89%) 77 (13.97%) 233 (16.80%)
Profound 74 (20.00%) 14 (7.69%) 60 (21.13%) 46 (8.35%) 194 (13.99%)
Mobility (1604) 3 24.92***
Independent 362 (75.89%) 133 (63.94%) 205 (63.27%) 373 (62.69%) 1073 (66.90%)
Assistance 115 (24.11%) 75 (36.06%) 119 (36.73%) 222 (37.31%) 531 (33.10%)
Communication (1604) 3 13.63**
Speech 325 (68.13%) 118 (56.73%) 214 (66.05%) 353 (59.33%) 1010 (62.97%)
Other 152 (31.87%) 90 (43.27%) 110 (33.95%) 242 (40.67%) 594 (37.03%)
Autism (1604) 3 66.07***
No 432 (90.57%) 183 (87.98%) 219 (67.59%) 473 (79.50%) 1307 (81.48%)
Yes 45 (9.43%) 25 (12.02%) 105 (32.41%) 122 (20.50%) 297 (18.52%)
SIS-A (1271) 3, 1267 22.93***
Mean (SD) 0.02 (10.09) -3.07 (9.68) 3.90 (7.499) -0.28 (8.42) .36 (9.14)
Guardian (1576) 3 17.93***
No 278 (60.04%) 128 (62.75%) 149 (47.00%) 346 (58.45%) 901 (57.17%)
Yes 185 (39.96%) 76 (37.25%) 168 (53.00%) 246 (41.55%) 675 (42.83%)
Type of Home (1588) 18 151.50***
Group 2–3 25 (5.31%) 16 (7.69%) 23 (7.14%) 40 (6.81%) 104 (6.55%)
Group 4–6 106 (22.51%) 62 (29.81%) 112 (34.78%) 245 (41.74%) 525 (33.06%)
Group 7–15 17 (3.61%) 15 (7.21%) 12 (3.73%) 39 (6.64%) 83 (5.23%)
Independent 29 (6.16%) 31 (14.90%) 14 (4.35%) 42 (7.16%) 116 (7.30%)
Family 204 (43.31%) 51 (24.52%) 118 (36.65%) 121 (20.61%) 494 (31.11%)
Host 40 (8.49%) 17 (8.17%) 34 (10.56%) 82 (13.97%) 173 (10.89%)
Other 50 (10.62%) 16 (7.69%) 9 (2.80%) 18 (3.07%) 93 (5.86%)
Medication for mental health condition (1604) 3 778.57***
No 430 (90.15%) 30 (14.42%) 214 (66.05%) 60 (10.08%) 734 (45.76%)
Yes 47 (9.85%) 178 (85.58%) 110 (33.95%) 535 (89.92%) 870 (54.24%)
Medication for behavior (1604) 3 324.41***
No 466 (97.69%) 181 (87.02%) 206 (63.58%) 295 (49.58%) 1148 (71.57%)
Yes 11 (2.31%) 27 (12.98%) 118 (36.42%) 300 (50.42%) 456 (28.43%)
Behavior plan (1604) 3 214.59***
No 461 (96.65%) 198 (95.19%) 239 (73.77%) 380 (63.87%) 1278 (79.68%)
Yes 16 (3.35%) 10 (4.81%) 85 (26.23%) 215 (36.13%) 326 (20.32%)

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001

aChi-square may be inaccurate due to low cell count