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Table 1 Characteristics of homeless adults with mental illness at the Toronto site of the At Home/Chez Soi project ( N = 550)

From: Different faces of discrimination: perceived discrimination among homeless adults with mental illness in healthcare settings

Characteristic

Total N (%)

Age, y

<30 years old

131 (23.8)

30-39 years old

129 (23.5)

40-49 years old

176 (32.0)

≥50 years old

114 (20.7)

Male£

384 (69.8)

Race§

White

194 (35.3)

Black

190 (34.5)

Other ethnic minority

166 (30.2)

Monthly income, CAD

<$500

198 (36.0)

$500-$999

233 (42.4)

≥$1,000

118 (21.5)

Homeless for ≥3 years

287 (52.2)

Immigrant

251 (45.6)

Has a regular medical doctor

360 (65.5)

Has a usual source of outpatient care

492 (89.5)

Has a provincial health card

512 (93.1)

Unmet healthcare needs

218 (39.6)

CSI ≥30†

427 (77.6)

Psychotic disorder‡

200 (36.4)

GAIN SDScr (lifetime)

No or low severity

96 (17.5)

Moderate severity

102 (18.5)

High severity

342 (62.2)

Hospital ER visits in the past 6 months

No visits

223 (40.5)

1 visit

141 (25.6)

 

≥ 2 visits

178 (32.4)

  1. Column totals may not add to the total sample size because of missing data.
  2. £Male category includes transgender/transsexual individuals.
  3. §Other ethnic minority category included individuals with Asian, Middle Eastern, Aboriginal, Latin American, and mixed racial/ethnic background.
  4. †CSI ≥30, score ≥30 on the Colorado Symptom Index indicates psychiatric disability and presence of clinically significant mental symptoms.
  5. ‡MINI v. 6.0; the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 6.0.
  6. GAIN SDScr; Global Assessment of Individual Need Short Screener. Counts are triaged into low (0 symptoms), moderate (1-2 symptoms), and high (3 or more symptoms) severity symptoms.