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Table 1 Demographic and sentence characteristics of participants recruited - significance across prisons

From: Assessing the predictability of self-harm in a high-risk adult prisoner population: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Prison A

Prison B (female)

Prison C

Total

Significancea

N

Mean Age (Years)

31.2

29.6

32.0

31.2

0.102

450

Age leaving FT education

15.3

15.5

15.3

15.3

0.896

440

% without any educational qualifications

26.7

36.8

55.3

43.8

< 0.001

447

Have Children (%)

51.4

44.3

51.1

49.4

0.447

449

Received visit in last 7 days (%)

15.2

14.8

13.6

14.3

0.858

448

% on remand

56.2

22.6

52.2

45.6

< 0.001

245

Of those sentenced

- Tariff in months

53.8

44.6

32.1

41.0

0.394

225

- Served

9.8

17.2

14.8

14.7

0.388

239

N

105

115

230

450

  
  1. a F-test for continuous variables; Chi-Square for proportions