Table 1 Demographic characteristics and summary health variables comparing survey and historical sex offenders
Survey sex offender (any) (n = 209) | Historical sex offender (any) (n = 74) | t (df); X2(df) | Survey ChildSO (n = 55) | Historical ChildSO (n = 22) | t (df); X2(df) | Survey AdultSO (n = 110) | Historical AdultSO (n = 50) | t (df); X2(df) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample members (%) | 73.9% | 26.1% | – | 71.4% | 28.6% | – | 68.8% | 31.2% | – |
Demographic characteristics | |||||||||
Age at survey M (SD) | 43.19 (13.95) | 33.73 (12.01) | t(278)= 5.147*** | 47.99 (12.12) | 34.84 (12.73) | t(73)= 4.159*** | 33.48 (11.95) | 37.36 (13.29) | t(158)= 1.776 |
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 31.1% | 52.1% | X2 = 10.246** | 23.6% | 52.4% | X2 = 5.812* | 36.4% | 52.9% | X2 = 3.941* |
Less than high school education | 58.6% | 60.96% | X2 = .085 | 67.3% | 66.7% | X2 = .003 | 62.1% | 57.1% | X2 = .346 |
Usually self-employed | 38.0% | 50.8% | X2 = 2.930 | 35.7% | 68.8% | X2 = 5.113* | 44.0% | 42.9% | X2 = .016 |
Employed prior to prison | 53.2% | 44.4% | X2 = 1.639 | 53.7% | 23.8% | X2 = 5.452* | 51.9% | 54.0% | X2 = .058 |
Marital status (single) | 49.5% | 58.3% | X2 = 1.662 | 34.5% | 52.4% | X2 = 2.023 | 63.0% | 60.0% | X2 = .127 |
Any children | 60.5% | 58.8% | X2 = .055 | 71.1% | 76.2% | X2 = .186 | 67.5% | 51.1% | X2 = 3.412 |
1st time in prison | 56.3% | 32.4% | X2 = 11.944** | 78.8% | 47.6% | X2 = 6.928** | 42.3% | 26.5% | X2 = 3.547 |
# of prior imprisonments M (SD) | 2.64 (3.01) | 3.38 (12.01) | t(268)= −1.830 | 1.44 (1.06) | 3.00 (2.79) | t(71)= −3.480** | 3.57 (3.49) | 3.45 (2.69) | t(151)= −.212 |
Juvenile history | |||||||||
Parent sent to prison1 | 9.1% | 21.0% | X2 = 5.075* | 14.3% | 27.8% | X2 = 1.267 | 9.1% | 18.2% | X2 = 1.771 |
Ever placed in care | 16.7% | 30.6% | X2 = 6.248* | 20.8% | 42.9% | X2 = 3.725 | 17.8% | 26.0% | X2 = 1.427 |
Juvenile detention | 21.0% | 47.9% | X2 = 18.772*** | 9.6% | 38.1% | X2 = 8.289** | 29.5% | 53.1% | X2 = 7.939** |
Age at 1st juvenile detention M (SD) | 14.39 (2.61) | 13.56 (2.36) | t(58)= 1.294 | 15.60 (1.67) | 12.13 (2.90) | t(11)= 2.415* | 14.04 (1.99) | 14.59 (2.67) | t(39)= .752 |
# times in juvenile detention M (SD) | 3.26 (3.25) | 4.90 (6.24) | t(56)= −1.231 | 2.00 (1.73) | 7.38 (9.53) | t(11)= −1.229 | 3.13 (2.500) | 4.04 (4.60) | t(158)= −.726 |
Summary self-reported health | |||||||||
Any intravenous drug use | 40.4% | 63.9% | X2 = 5.651* | 40.0% | 81.8% | X2 = 4.547* | 45.9% | 58.3% | X2 = 1.065 |
Mental health issue(s) | 35.9% | 49.3% | X2 = 4.088* | 40.0% | 81.0% | X2 = 10.202** | 30.9% | 37.3% | X2 = .635 |
Sexually transmissible infection(s) | 44.2% | 37.1% | X2 = .887 | 42.1% | 52.6% | X2 = .566 | 54.1% | 30.2% | X2 = 5.824* |
Number of chronic conditions: | |||||||||
None | 22.5% | 30.1% | X2 = 10.310* | 16.4% | 33.3% | X2 = 4.513 | 30.0% | 27.5% | X2 = 7.688 |
One | 17.7% | 23.3% | 18.2% | 9.5% | 17.3% | 29.4% | |||
Two | 13.4% | 12.3% | 1.8% | 4.8% | 19.1% | 15.7% | |||
Three | 7.2% | 13.7% | 9.1% | 14.3% | 6.4% | 13.7% | |||
Four or more | 39.2% | 20.5% | 54.5% | 38.1% | 27.3% | 13.7% | |||
SF-12 rating: Fair/poor | 28.9% | 33.3# | X2 = .792 | 35.2% | 33.3% | X2 = .852 | 22.1% | 34.0% | X2 = 2.520 |