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Table 1 Participant demographics at study baselinea

From: The effectiveness of a Housing First adaptation for ethnic minority groups: findings of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Adapted Housing First

(n = 135)

Usual care

(n = 102)

Age, n (%)

 < 30

40 (29.6)

28 (27.5)

 30–39

33 (24.4)

21 (20.6)

 40–49

38 (28.1)

35 (34.3)

 ≥ 50

24 (17.8)

18 (17.6)

Male, n (%)b

91 (67.9)

65 (66.3)

Country of birth, n (%)

 Canada

37 (27.4)

29 (28.4)

 Other

98 (72.6)

73 (71.6)

Native language, n (%)

 English

65 (48.1)

48 (47.1)

 Other

70 (51.9)

54 (52.9)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Black - Caribbean Region

32 (23.7)

21 (20.6)

 Black - Africa

25 (18.5)

17 (16.7)

 Black - Canada

21 (15.6)

13 (12.7)

 Mixed backgroundc

9 (6.7)

17 (16.7)

 South Asian

13 (9.6)

10 (9.8)

 Otherd

35 (25.9)

24 (23.5)

Marital status n (%)

 Single, never married

89 (66.4)

73 (71.6)

 Othere

45 (33.6)

29 (28.4)

Number of children, n (%)

 0

95 (70.4)

74 (72.5)

 1

24 (17.8)

13 (12.7)

 ≥ 2

16 (11.8)

15 (14.7)

Current housing status, n (%)

  

 Absolutely homeless

121 (89.6)

93 (91.2)

 Precariously housed

14 (10.4)

9 (8.8)

Total length of homelessness, years, mean ± sdf

3.5 ± 4.4

4.4 ± 5.7

Longest period of homelessness, years, mean ± sdg

1.9 ± 3.0

2.2 ± 2.8

Education history, n (%)

 < High school

61 (45.2)

45 (44.1)

 Completed high school

22 (16.3)

23 (22.5)

 Some post-secondary school

52 (38.5)

34 (33.3)

MCAS total score, mean ± sd

65.5 ± 3.12

65.4 ± 3.25

MINI results, n (%)h

 Depressive episode

57 (42.2)

39 (38.2)

 Manic or hypomanic episode

12 (8.9)

7 (6.9)

 Post-traumatic stress disorder

34 (25.2)

23 (22.5)

 Panic disorder

21 (15.6)

18 (17.6)

 Mood disorder with psychotic features

30 (22.2)

24 (23.5)

 Psychotic disorder

46 (34.1)

40 (39.2)

 Alcohol abuse or dependence

43 (31.9)

38 (37.3)

 Substance abuse or dependence

45 (33.3)

41 (40.2)

 Suicidalityi

36 (26.7)

32 (31.4)

  1. MCAS Multnomah Community Ability Scale, MINI Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
  2. aThe following variables had missing values: marital status (n = 1); total length of homelessness (n = 5); longest period of homelessness (n = 1). Percentages were calculated out of the total available data
  3. bIndividuals who self-identified as female and other/transgendered/transsexual are not listed due to small cell size ≤ 5 for the latter category
  4. c“Mixed” ethnicity included individuals who had at least one parent from the following ethnicities: East Asian, South East Asian, African Black, Canadian Black, Caribbean Black, Latin American, Indian-Caribbean and Middle Eastern
  5. dThe “Other” category comprised of individuals who self-identified to one of the following groups but were suppressed due to small cell size: East Asian, Indian-Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern and South East Asian
  6. e“Other” marital status categories include the following options: married, cohabitating with partner, divorced, separated, widowed
  7. fMedian values in years for total length of homelessness were as follows: 2.0 for the adapted HF group and 2.5 for the usual care group
  8. gMedian values in years for longest period of homelessness were as follows: 1.0 for the adapted HF group and 1.0 for the usual care group
  9. hMINI Diagnoses all represent current diagnoses established at baseline
  10. iSuicidality was assessed as low, medium, or high; results here are shown for the collapsed moderate and high categories
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