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Table 1 Sample Characteristics (n = 235)

From: Associations between past trauma, current social support, and loneliness in incarcerated populations

Demographics

 Age [M (SD)]

38.0 (10.2)

 Gender

 

  Female

64.7%

  Male

35.3%

 Ethnicity

 

  Hispanic

18.7%

  Not Hispanic

81.3%

 Race

 

  African-American

15.3%

  Asian

0.90%

  Native American/Alaskan Native

1.70%

  White

70.2%

  Other

11.9%

 Unmarried

83.0%

 Annual legal income < $10,000 USD prior to  incarceration

58.4%

Criminal justice characteristics

 

 Security level

 

  Minimum security

51.9%

  Medium security

48.1%

 Median (range) number of past arrests

6 (0–100)

 Median (range) months incarcerated to date for current sentence

23 (0–489)

Past trauma exposure

 

  Any trauma

88.9%

  Sexual trauma

55.7%

  Physical trauma

83.4%

  Crime-related trauma

56.6%

MSPSS perceived social support score [M (SD)]

54.4 (17.5)

UCLA Loneliness Scale score [M (SD)]

19.2 (6.0)