| nDelius and offending characteristic | Valid n | Care farm (all sites n=120) | Mean* or percent† (95% CI) difference between CO allocation | Difference in categories between CO allocation (p value)‡ | |
| No (n=80) | Yes (n=40) | ||||
| OGRS score at disposal† | 120 | 25 (10.5, 50) | 53.5 (17.5, 86) | 26 (6.86 to 45.14) | |
| Disposal type: CJA CO or ORA CO | 120 | 56 (70) | 24 (60) | 0.31 | |
| CJA—suspended sentence order | 24 (30) | 16 (40) | |||
| Ethnic group: white British | 119 | 57 (72.2) | 38 (95) | 0.02 | |
| White: other | 3 (3.8) | 1 (2.5) | |||
| Asian or Asian British | 5 (6.3) | 0 (0) | |||
| Black or black British | 11 (13.9) | 0 (0) | |||
| Other or mixed | 3 (3.8) | 1 (2.5) | |||
| Has disability: yes | 113 | 11 (14.5) | 12 (32.4) | 0.04 | |
| Mental illness/dyslexia: yes | 6 (7.9) | 5 (13.5) | 0.07 | ||
| Reduced mobility/physical capacity/hear: yes | 3 (4) | 2 (5.4) | |||
| Other: yes | 2 (2.6) | 5 (13.5) | |||
| Employment status at disposal | |||||
| Full-time employed, self-employed, education or training | 100 | 33 (49.3) | 12 (36.4) | 0.35 | |
| Part time employed or self-employed | 4 (6) | 1 (3) | |||
| Unemployed or unable to work | 27 (40.3) | 16 (48.5) | |||
| Other | 3 (4.5) | 4 (12.1) | |||
| Risk of self-harm at disposal | |||||
| Low risk | 115 | 60 (76.9) | 22 (59.5) | 0.08 | |
| Medium risk | 18 (23.1) | 15 (40.5) | |||
*Mean difference (and 95% CI) calculated from median regression.
†Per cent difference (and 95% CI) calculated from negative binomial regression.
‡Difference in proportions of categories between CO allocation calculated from Fisher’s exact test.
CO, community order; CORE-OM, Clinical Outcome in Routine Evaluation—Outcome Measure; CJA, Criminal Justice Act; CRC, Community Rehabilitation Company; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; NPC, National Probation Service; OGRS, Offender Group Reconviction Scale; ORA, Offender Rehabilitation Act; WEMWBS, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale.