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Table 4 Social challenges by incarceration status

From: Closing the (incarceration) gap: assessing the socio-economic and clinical indicators of indigenous males by lifetime incarceration status

 

Ever-incarcerated

N (%)

Never- incarcerated

N (%)

Χ2 (p value)

V

Ever removed from natural family

 Never removed

24,700 (82.6)

165,300 (93.0)

  

 Ever removed

5200 (17.4)

12,400 (7.0)

7272.9 (<.001)

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Unfair treatment over last 12 months

 No unfair treatment

16,900 (57.9)

117,100 (68.1)

  

 Unfair treatment

12,300 (42.1)

54,900 (31.9)

2102.5 (<.001)

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Avoided situations due to unfair treatment

 Did not avoid situations

23,300 (75.4)

161,900 (89.1)

  

 Avoided situations

7600 (24.6)

19,800 (10.9)

8856.2 (<.001)

.15

Experienced physical violence over past 12 months

 Did not experience physical violence

24,600 (79.6)

160,000 (88.4)

  

 Experienced physical violence

6300 (20.4)

21,100 (11.7)

3570.5 (<.001)

.09

Problems accessing services

 Did not have problems accessing services

19,500 (69.4)

132,400 (78.2)

  

 Had problems accessing services

8600 (30.6)

37,000 (21.8)

2046.5 (<.001)

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