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Table 6 Demographic and agency characteristics of service provider participants by latent class segment

From: Service providers endorse integrated services model for youth with mental health and substance use challenges: findings from a discrete choice experiment

  

Youth-focused service accessibility

n = 241

Service options

n = 107

Caregiver integration

n = 40

  
  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p

Cramer’s V

Age (years)

18–39

142 (60.4%)

65 (65.7%)

26 (65.0%)

.622

.05

40+

93 (39.6%)

34 (34.3%)

14 (35.0%)

  

Gender1

Male

26 (11.6%)

15 (15.2%)

7 (17.9%)

.444

.07

Female

199 (88.4%)

84 (84.8%)

32 (82.1%)

  

Highest education level

Bachelor’s degree or less

147 (61.8%)

69 (65.1%)

25 (64.1%)

.829

.03

Graduate degree

91 (38.2%)

37 (34.9%)

14 (35.9%)

  

Years in current position

0–5

162 (67.2%)

66 (62.3%)

22 (56.4%)

.346

.07

6+

79 (32.8%)

40 (37.7%)

17 (43.6%)

  

Years experience with youth mental health and/or substance use challenges

0–5

78 (33.2%)

43 (43.4%)

16 (42.1%)

.161

.10

6+

157 (66.8%)

56 (56.6%)

22 (57.9%)

  

Current position at agency

Program manager/administrative/

organizational leadership

56 (25.0%)

23 (22.5%)

10 (26.3%)

.857

.03

Clinical/direct staff

168 (75.0%)

79 (77.5%)

28 (73.7%)

  

Agency characteristics

 Urban/rural region

Non-large urban

90 (37.7%)

48 (45.7%)

18 (45.0%)

.314

.08

Large urban

149 (62.3%)

57 (54.3%)

22 (55.0%)

  

 Agency size

≤ 30 employees

59 (25.5%)

32 (30.2%)

9 (23.1%)

.583

.05

> 30 employees

172 (74.5%)

74 (69.8%)

30 (76.9%)

  

 Primary service sector

Mental health/substance use

154 (63.9%)

66 (61.7%)

29 (72.5%)

.672

.06

Multi-service agency

42 (17.4%)

17 (15.9%)

4 (10.0%)

  

Other agencies

45 (18.7%)

24 (22.4%)

7 (17.5%)

  

 Age group served (years)

0–12

73 (30.3%)

28 (26.2%)

14 (35.0%)

.544

.06

13–17

197 (81.7%)

79 (73.8%)

31 (77.5%)

.237

.09

18–29

197 (81.7%)

83 (77.6%)

35 (87.5%)

.366

.07

  1. Additional genders were removed from the analyses due to small cell sizes