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Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants who booked and attended Legal Health Clinic appointments

From: Legal needs of patients attending an urban family practice in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: an observational study of a legal health clinic

 

Booked appointment

n = 94

Attended appointment

n = 69

n (%)

n (%)

Age

18–24

9 (9.8)

5 (7.4)

25–34

19 (20.7)

12 (17.6)

35–44

24 (26.1)

17 (25.0)

45–54

21 (22.8)

17 (25.0)

55–64

12 (13.0)

10 (14.7)

65 and older

7 (7.6)

7 (10.3)

Total

92

68

Gender

 Female

57 (60.6)

41 (59.4)

 Male

34 (36.2)

25 (36.2)

 Transgender

3 (3.2)

3 (4.3)

 Total

94

69

Education

 University or college graduate

35 (40.7)

25 (41.0)

 Some college or university

24 (27.9)

16 (26.2)

 High School

17 (19.8)

14 (23.0)

 Less than high school

10 (11.6)

6 (9.8)

 Total

86

61

Employment

 Employed, full time

13 (14.6)

7 (10.9)

 Employed, part time

16 (18.0)

14 (21.9)

 Unemployed

21 (23.6)

16 (25.0)

 Retired

8 (9.0)

8 (12.5)

 Unable to work

31 (34.8)

19 (29.7)

Total

89

64

Monthly Household Income

 Less than $650.00

10 (11.1)

6 (9.2)

 $700.00 to $1800.00

51 (56.7)

40 (61.5)

 $1850.00 to $3000.00

20 (22.2)

13 (20.0)

 Above $3000.00

9 (10.0)

6 (9.2)

 Total

90

65

Benefits

 CPP-R

5 (5.3)

4 (5.8)

 CPP-D / ODSP

29 (30.9)

22 (31.9)

 EI / EI Sick Benefits

6 (6.4)

5 (7.2)

 Other (e.g. Ontario Works)

24 (25.5)

17 (24.6)

 No response

30 (31.9)

21 (30.4)

 Total

94

69

Housing

 Owns residence

20 (21.3)

14 (20.3)

 Rents residence

58 (61.7)

45 (65.2)

 Lives with friends or family

8 (8.5)

5 (7.2)

 Other

8 (8.5)

5 (7.2)

 Total

94

69

Relationship Status

 Married

16 (17.8)

14 (21.5)

 Common law or cohabiting

10 (11.1)

4 (6.2)

 Single (never married)

31 (34.4)

20 (30.8)

 Widowed

2 (2.2)

2 (3.1)

 Divorced

17 (18.9)

15 (23.1)

 Separated

14 (7.1)

10 (15.4)

 Total

90

65

Citizenship Status

 Canadian Citizen

77 (88.5)

53 (85.5)

 Other

10 (11.5)

9 (14.5)

 Total

87

62

Race

 White/Caucasian

63 (71.6)

45 (69.2)

 Other

25 (28.4)

20 (30.8)

 Total

88

65

  1. Notes: 1 Participants with legal needs indicated by the Legal Health Check-Up survey; 2 p-value from Fisher’s Exact Test; CPP-R Canadian Pension Plan, retired, CPP-D Canadian Pension Plan, disability, ODSP Ontario Disability Support Plan, EI Employment Insurance