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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participating URM and ARM

From: Mental health and associated stress factors in accompanied and unaccompanied refugee minors resettled in Germany: a cross-sectional study

 

URM,

n = 68

ARM,

n = 30

Total,

N = 98

t test (df)

Fisher’s exact

χ2-statistics (df)

Age in years, M (SD)

16.78 (1.26)

15.13 (1.98)

16.28 (1.69)

t(39.69) = 4.2***

Gender, n (%)

   

Fisher’s exact = .001

 Male

66 (97.1)

22 (73.3)

88 (89.8)

 

 Female

2 (2.9)

8 (26.7)

10 (10.2)

 

Country of origin, n (%)

 Persian

30 (44.1)

25 (83.3)

55 (56.1)

χ2(1) = 13.0*** (vs. Non-Persian)

 Afghanistan

29 (42.6)

25 (83.3)

54 (55.1)

 

 Iran

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

 Arabic

17 (25.0)

5 (16.7)

22 (22.4)

χ2(1) = .42 (vs. Non-Arabic)

 Syria

12 (17.6)

2 (6.7)

14 (14.3)

 

 Iraq

5 (7.4)

3 (10.0)

8 (8.2)

 

 African

18 (26.5)

0

18 (18.4)

χ2(1) = 8.04** (vs. Non-African)

 Eritrea

11 (16.2)

0

11 (11.2)

 

 Gambia

3 (4.4)

0

3 (3.1)

 

 Somalia

2 (2.9)

0

2 (2.0)

 

 Ethiopia

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

 Mali

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

 Others

3 (4.4)

0

3 (3.1)

 

 Albania

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

 Bangladesh

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

 Pakistan

1 (1.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 

Religion, n (%)

   

Fisher’s exact = .001

 Islam

51 (75.0)

30 (100.0)

81 (82.7)

 

 Others

17 (25.0)

0

17 (17.3)

 

 Length of stay in months, M (SD)

19.69 (5.62)

25.47 (10.16)

21.46 (7.73)

t(37.06) = -2.92**

Asylum status, n (%)

   

χ2(2) = 1.07

 Accepted

26 (38.2)

11 (36.7)

37 (37.8)

 

 Rejected

21 (30.9)

13 (43.3)

34 (34.7)

 

 Pending

17 (25.0)

6 (20.0)

23 (23.4)

 

 Missing

4 (5.9)

0

4 (4.1)

 
  1. ** p < .01, *** p < .001