Table 3 Descriptive statistics of service variables, by type of service
Service variable | Residential care | Supported housing | Floating outreach | All types | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Range | Mean (SD) | N | Range | Mean (SD) | N | Range | Mean (SD) | N | Range | Mean (SD) | |
Local authority area index score | 28 | −0.54, 1.78 | 0.91 (0.83) | 87 | −0.76, 1.96 | 0.90 (0.99) | 35 | −0.76, 1.78 | 0.62 (0.92) | 150 | −0.76, 1.96 | 0.84 (0.95) |
Total beds/places | 28 | 7.00, 40.00 | 19.46 (7.59) | 87 | 3.00, 28.00 | 11.20 (5.20) | 35 | 5.00, 80.00 | 29.97 (22.90) | 150 | 3.00, 80.00 | 17.12 (14.35) |
Staffing intensity (total staff FTE divided by total beds/places) | 28 | 0.34, 2.25 | 0.72 (0.40) | 87 | 0.10, 1.61 | 0.45 (0.27) | 35 | 0.03, 0.97 | 0.17 (0.17 | 150 | 0.03, 2.25 | 0.43 (0.33) |
Expected usual length of stay (years) | 28 | 2.00, 20.00 | 12.32 (7.82) | 87 | 1.00, 20.00 | 3.38 (3.43) | 35 | 1.00, 9.00 | 2.83 (2.16) | 150 | 1.00, 20.00 | 4.92 (5.63) |
Service user sex ratio (percentage of male service users) | 28 | 0.30, 1.00 | 0.70 (0.22) | 87 | 0.00, 1.00 | 0.71 (0.25) | 35 | 0.00, 0.90 | 0.59 (0.20) | 150 | 0.00, 1.00 | 0.68 (0.24) |
Service user ability (percentage ‘able to do very little’) | 28 | 0.00, 1.00 | 0.28 (0.30) | 87 | 0.00, 0.71 | 0.11 (0.18) | 35 | 0.00, 0.50 | 0.12 (0.16) | 150 | 0.00, 1.00 | 0.15 (0.21) |