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Table 2 Witness and victim characteristic balance between the treatment and control groups

From: Testimony at court: a randomised controlled trial investigating the art and science of persuading witnesses and victims to attend trial

Witness/victim characteristic

Control group mean

Treatment group mean

p-value

Number of required attendances

1.128

1.167

0.043

Domestic violence case

0.482

0.496

0.677

Female

0.578

0.609

0.192

Gender missing/unspecified

0.017

0.015

0.659

Is a victim

0.593

0.604

0.526

White British

0.556

0.569

0.555

Ethnicity missing/unspecified

0.145

0.149

0.831

Key witness

0.646

0.664

0.415

Key witness missing/unspecified

0.010

0.016

0.209

Witness/victim aged 18–24

0.206

0.229

0.192

Witness/victim aged 25–59

0.703

0.686

0.410

Witness/victim aged 60–69

0.050

0.040

0.258

Witness/victim aged 70–79

0.013

0.013

0.973

Witness/victim aged 89+

0.003

0.004

0.912

Witness/victim age not provided

0.025

0.029

0.537

WCO’s pre-trial (2015) attendance rate

0.848

0.800

0.026

WCO works full time

0.706

0.803

0.531

WCO works in a job share

0.224

0.120

0.413

WCO works part time

0.070

0.077

0.947

WCO has 5+ years’ experience

0.692

0.703

0.951

N

1171

1345