Participant Characteristics of a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing a Medical-Legal Partnership Referral, by Total Sample, Randomized Condition, and Whether Participants Received Legal Services
| Overall | Waitlist Control | Immediate Referral | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 159) | (n = 80) | (n = 79) | ||
| Variable | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P value |
| Age | 52.3 (16.0) | 50.5 (15.8) | 54.7 (16.0) | 0.821 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P value | |
| Sex | 0.140 | |||
| Female | 108 (68%) | 50 (62%) | 58 (73%) | |
| Male | 51 (32%) | 30 (38%) | 21 (27%) | |
| Race | 0.849 | |||
| African American | 85 (54%) | 40 (51%) | 45 (57%) | |
| Hispanic* | 44 (28%) | 24 (31%) | 20 (25%) | |
| Other | 11 (7%) | 5 (6%) | 6 (7%) | |
| White | 17 (11%) | 9 (12%) | 8 (10%) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.463 | |||
| Hispanic | 21 (13%) | 9 (11%) | 12 (15%) | |
| Not Hispanic | 136 (87%) | 70 (89%) | 66 (85%) | |
| Language | 0.650 | |||
| English | 153 (97%) | 76 (96%) | 77 (97%) | |
| Spanish | 5 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (2%) |
| Variable | Overall | No receipt | Received services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 141) | (n = 115) | (n = 26) | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P value | |
| Age | 52.8 (16.2) | 53.1 (16.8) | 51.7 (13.3) | 0.701 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value | |
| Sex | 0.614 | |||
| Female | 98 (70%) | 81 (70%) | 17 (65%) | |
| Male | 43 (30%) | 34 (30%) | 9 (35%) | |
| Race | 0.171 | |||
| African American | 76 (55%) | 58 (51%) | 18 (72%) | |
| Hispanic* | 39 (28%) | 35 (31%) | 4 (16%) | |
| Other | 8 (5%) | 8 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| White | 16 (12%) | 13 (11%) | 3 (12%) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.020 | |||
| Hispanic | 20 (14%) | 20 (18%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Not Hispanic | 119 (86%) | 93 (82%) | 26 (100%) | |
| Language | 0.333 | |||
| English | 136 (97%) | 110 (96%) | 26 (100%) | |
| Spanish | 4 (3%) | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) |
↵* Please note that the race categories were provided by the clinical partner.
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.