Table 1 Descriptive statistics
From: Mental health treatment among older adults with mental illness on parole or probation
Full Sample | Subset With Serious or Moderate Mental Illness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parole or Probation in the Past 12 Months | |||||||
No | Yes | ||||||
Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % | p-value |
Total | 44,624 | 100 | 3187 | 100 | 79 | 100 | – |
Parole or Probation | 379 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 100 | – |
Mental Illness | |||||||
Serious | 1453 | 3.3 | 1409 | 44.2 | 44 | 55.7 | 0.042 |
Moderate | 1813 | 4.0 | 1778 | 55.8 | 35 | 44.3 | 0.042 |
Either | 3266 | 7.3 | 3187 | 100.0 | 79 | 100.0 | – |
Age 65 and over | 17,102 | 38.3 | 698 | 21.9* | 6 | 7.6* | 0.002 |
Female | 24,501 | 54.9 | 2121 | 66.6** | 36 | 45.6** | < 0.001 |
Black | 4521 | 10.1 | 280 | 8.8 | 13 | 16.5 | 0.018 |
Hispanic | 3824 | 8.6 | 252 | 7.9 | 8 | 10.1 | 0.472 |
Married | 26,934 | 60.4 | 1471 | 46.2** | 18 | 22.8** | < 0.001 |
Graduated High School | 37,549 | 84.2 | 2638 | 82.8** | 52 | 65.8** | < 0.001 |
Employed | 22,300 | 50.0 | 1151 | 36.1 | 19 | 24.1 | 0.027 |
Income Poverty | 4583 | 10.3 | 674 | 21.2** | 31 | 39.2** | < 0.001 |
Health Insurance | 41,325 | 92.6 | 2863 | 89.8 | 64 | 81.0 | 0.011 |
Substance Use Disorder | 1846 | 4.1 | 364 | 11.4** | 32 | 40.5** | < 0.001 |
Self-Rated Health Poor or Fair | 9270 | 20.8 | 1486 | 46.6 | 38 | 48.1 | 0.795 |
Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | p-value | |
Kessler-6 Score for Worst Month of the Past Year | 3.98 | 4.79 | 14.56* | 5.02 | 16.25* | 5.19 | 0.003 |