Skip to main content

Table 3 HF ER-ICM Participant Demographics

From: Moving from rhetoric to reality: adapting Housing First for homeless individuals with mental illness from ethno-racial groups

 

TOTAL SAMPLE1

 
 

N=204

% Missing

 

Mean (±SD) or N(%)

 

DEMOGRAPHICS

  

Age (years)

38.6 ± 12.1

0 (0.0)

Gender

 

0 (0.0)

 Female

70 (34.3)

 

 Male

130 (63.7)

 

 Other2

4 (2.0)

 

Country of birth

 

0 (0.0)

 Afghanistan

4 (2.0)

 

 Canada

50 (24.0)

 

 China

5 (2.5)

 

 Ethiopia

9 (4.4)

 

 Ghana

5 (2.5)

 

 Haiti

3 (1.5)

 

 Hong Kong

3 (1.5)

 

 India

3 (1.5)

 

 Iran

6 (2.9)

 

 Jamaica

26 (12.7)

 

 Mexico

3 (1.5)

 

 Philippines

4 (2.0)

 

 Somalia

8 (3.9)

 

 Sri Lanka

10 (4.9)

 

 St. Vincent and the Grenadines

4 (2.0)

 

 Trinidad and Tobago

6 (2.9)

 

 Vietnam

4 (2.0)

 

 Other4

51(25.0)

 

Native language

 

0 (0.0)

 English

89 (43.6)

 

 French

7 (3.4)

 

 Other

108 (52.9)

 

Ethnic or cultural identity

 

0 (0.0)

 Black - Africa

40 (19.6)

 

 Black - Canada

25 (12.3)

 

 Black - Caribbean

45 (22.1)

 

 East Asian

12 (5.9)

 

 Indian-Caribbean

2 (1.0)

 

 Latin American

10 (4.9)

 

 Middle Eastern

15 (7.4)

 

 Mixed Background

22 (10.8)

 

 South Asian

21 (10.3)

 

 Southeast Asian

12 (5.9)

 

HOMELESSNESS

  

Current housing status 

 

0 (0.0)

 Absolutely homeless

185 (90.7)

 

 Precariously housed

19 (9.3)

 

Total length of homelessness during lifetime (years)

3.48 ± 4.64

5 (2.5)

Longest period of homelessness (years)

1.84 ± 2.58

1 (0.4)

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

  

Education history

 

0 (0.0)

 Didn’t complete high school

87 (42.6)

 

 Completed high school

40 (19.6)

 

 Completed at least some post-secondary

77 (37.7)

 

Currently employed 

10 (4.9)

 

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

  

MCAS score

65.5 ± 3.15

0 (0.0)

Written documentation of a mental disorder

42 (20.6)

2 (1.0)

MINI Results

 

0 (0.0)

 Current Depressive Episode

81 (39.7)

 

 Current Manic Episode or Hypomanic Episode

15 (7.4)

 

 Current Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

48 (23.5)

 

 Current Panic Disorder

36 (17.6)

 

 Current Mood Disorder with Psychotic Features

48 (23.5)

 

 Current Psychotic Disorder

74 (36.3)

 

 Current Alcohol Dependence

39 (19.1)

 

 Current Substance Dependence

50 (24.5)

 

 Current Alcohol Abuse

31 (15.2)

 

 Current Substance Abuse

19 (9.3)

 

 Current Suicidality

  

Low

71 (34.8)

 

Moderate

44 (21.6)

 

High

15 (7.4)

 
  1. 1 For the total sample, percentages shown were calculated as proportion of the total sample (N = 575) and therefore the column totals for each variables will not add up to 100% if data was missing (see adjacent column with N and% Missing in total sample).
  2. 2 “Other” category includes individuals who identify as Transgendered, Transsexual or Other.
  3. 3 The “Other” category for country of birth includes individuals born in countries not listed. These individuals were born in countries representing the following broad geographic regions: Africa, N=21; Caribbean, N=5; Central and South America, N=5; East Asia, N=5; Europe, N=4; Middle East, N=4; South Asia, N=4; and Southeast Asia, N=3.