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Table 1 Sociodemographic, migration process and trauma related factors

From: Health status and use of medication and their association with migration related exposures among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Norway: a cross-sectional study

 

All

Lebanon

Norway

 

N = 827

N = 506

N = 321

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

   

 Gender (women), n (%)

340 (41)

255 (51)

85 (27)

 Age (years), mean (SD)

33 (10)

34 (9)

31 (11)

 Mother tongue, n (%)

  Arabic

721 (87)

481 (95)

240 (75)

  Kurmanji

99 (12)

22 (4)

77 (24)

 Marital status, n (%)

  Married

533 (65)

377 (75)

156 (49)

  Co-habiting with partner

524 (95)

372 (98)

152 (89)

 Number of children, mean (SD)

2 (2)

3 (2)

1 (2)

 Education (years), mean (SD)

9 (4)

8 (3)

11 (4)

MIGRATION AND TRAUMA RELATED FACTORS

 Time since flight (years), mean (SD)

4 (2)

5 (1)

3 (2)

 Time since arrival (years), mean (SD)

4 (2)

5 (1)

2 (1)

 Been in transit country, n (%)

215 (26)

30 (6)

185 (59)

 Time in transit countries, n (%)

  Up to 6 months

69 (35)

4 (15)

65 (38)

  6–12 months

27 (14)

3 (11)

24 (14)

  1–2 years

32 (16)

4 (15)

28 (17)

  >  2 years

68 (35)

16 (59)

52 (31)

 Migrating alone, n (%)

231 (28)

75 (15)

156 (49)

 Retained during flight, n (%)

58 (10)

1 (0)

57 (19)

 Exposed to potentially traumatic event(s), n (%)

322 (41)

201 (41)

121 (40)

 No residence permit in current country, n (%)

373 (46)

337 (67)

36 (11)