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Table 2 Demographic differences between Intervention group and Control Group

From: Assessing the efficacy of a modified assertive community-based treatment programme in a developing country

  

Intervention

Control

    
  

Mean (±SD)

n

%

Mean (±SD)

n

%

x2

t-value

df

p

Age

30.55 (±9.09)

31

 

34.81 (±11.02)

21

  

-1.52

50

0.13

Gender

male

 

23

74.19

 

15

71.43

0.05

 

1

0.83

 

female

 

8

25.80

 

6

28.57

    
 

mixed*

 

29

93.55

 

19

90.48

    

Ethnicity

black*

 

1

3.23

 

2

9.52

1.55

 

2

0.46

 

caucasian

 

1

3.23

 

0

0

    

Residential area

metro**

 

31

100

 

19

90.48

   

0.19

 

rural

 

0

0

 

2

9.52

    

Education level

elementary

 

16

51.61

 

7

33.33

    
 

secondary

 

12

38.71

 

10

47.62

2.89

 

3

0.41

 

≥Gr12

 

3

9.68

 

3

14.29

    
 

none

 

0

0

 

1

47.62

    

Marital status

single

 

25

80.65

 

16

76.19

    
 

married

 

4

12.90

 

2

9.52

0.95

2

 

0.62

 

divorced

 

2

6.45

 

3

14.29

    

Employment Status

unemployed

 

30

96.77

 

21

100

0.69

 

1

0.41

 

casual***

 

1

3.23

 

0

0

    

Disability grant

yes

 

23

74.19

 

19

90.48

2.14

 

1

0.14

 

no

 

8

25.80

 

2

9.52

    
  1. *Mixed refers to participant with mixed African-Caucasian ancestry. Black refers to black African participants.
  2. **Participants who live within the city limits of the City of Cape Town
  3. ***Participants who are employed on a part-time basis. Note that no participants were fully employed
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BMC Psychiatry

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