Examining the Factors Associated with Paid Employment of Clients Enrolled in First Episode of Psychosis Programs

Table 1

Characteristics of FEP clients who did and did not have paid employment during previous 12 months.

Characteristics	Had paid employment during the previous 12 months		Did not have paid employment during the previous 12 months		Statistical tests for differences between characteristics of employed and unemployed
	% or mean	n or sd	% or mean	n or sd
Sex
Male	70.2%	59	72.2%	39	𝜒^2(1) = 0.063, P = 0.80
Female	29.8	25	27.8	15
Age (in years)	23.3	sd = 5.13	21.93	sd = 3.98	t-test (136) = −1.62, P = 0.11
No high school diploma	24.1%	20	44.4%	24	𝜒^2(1) = 6.21, P = 0.013
Population density of region of residence
≤100 people/km^2	52.4%	44	48.2%	26	𝜒^2(1) = 0.24, P = 0.63
200–450 people/km^2	38.1	32	24.1	13	𝜒^2(1) = 2.94, P = 0.086
≥3,929 people/km^2	9.5	8	27.8	15	𝜒^2(1) = 7.89, P = 0.0050
Living with family	66.7%	56	66.7%	36	𝜒^2(1) = 0.0, P = 1.0
Enrolled in school during the past 12 months	52.4%	44	40.7%	22	𝜒^2(1) = 1.78, P = 0.18
Provincial disability-benefits main source of income	17.7%	14	59.2%	29	𝜒^2(1) = 23.31, P < 0.001
Enrolled in FEP program >1 year	37.8%	31	28.3%	15	𝜒^2(1) = 1.29, P = 0.26