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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants across country at baseline (M1)

From: Traumatic events, daily stressors and posttraumatic stress in unaccompanied young refugees during their flight: a longitudinal cross-country study

 

Subsamples

Italy n = 62

Belgium n = 79

Greece n = 42

Total n = 187

Gender

 Male n (%)

32 (50.8)

72 (91.1)

41 (95.3)

145 (78.4)

 Female n (%)

31 (49.2)

7 (8.9)

2 (4.7)

40 (21.6)

 Age M (SD); range

17.97 (3.2); 13–25

15.87 (1.2); 13–20

16.23 (1.2); 13–19

16.78 (2.4); 13–25

Country of origin n (%)*

 Central AfricaA

1 (1.6)

9 (11.4)

10 (5.5)

 West AfricaB

39 (62.9)

13 (16.5)

1 (2.4)

53 (29.0)

 East AfricaC

13 (21.0)

16 (20.3)

29 (15.8)

 North AfricaD

9 (14.5)

4 (5.1)

1 (2.4)

14 (7.7)

 Middle EastE

9 (11.4)

9 (21.4)

18 (9.8)

 South AsiaF

22 (27.8)

31 (73.8)

53 (29.0)

 Southeast EuropeG

6 (7.6)

6 (3.3)

 Time since left home country (in months) M, SD (range)

16.66, 9.38 (2–49)

15.5, 13.56 (0–72)

17.75, 1.30 (2–48)

16.39, 12.15 (0–72)

Contact with parents

 Yes n (%)

31 (77.5)

23 (35.9)

25 (65.5)

79 (55.6)

Living situation n (%)

 Reception center for minors only

11 (17.2)

79 (100)

90 (48.4)

 Collective reception center for adults and minors—no separation between adults and minors

2 (3.1)

2 (1.1)

 Collective reception center for adults and minors—minors separated from adults

16 (25)

16 (8.6)

 Detention center

12 (27.9)

12 (6.5)

 House, studio or flat

26 (40.6)

26 (14)

 Informal camp

9 (14.1)

9 (4.8)

 Shelter for unaccompanied minors

31 (72.1)

31 (16.7)

Asylum status n (%)

 Procedure in process

12 (18.8)

79 (100)

22 (53.7)

113 (61.4)

 Granted family reunification -waiting for transfer

2 (3.1)

2 (4.9)

4 (12.5)

 Temporary documents-less than 1 year

23 (35.9)

23 (12.5)

 Temporary documents-less than 2 years

1 (1.6)

1 (0.5)

 Definite residence permit

3 (4.7)

2 (4.9)

5 (2.7)

 Negative decision on procedure-no documents

3 (7.3)

3 (1.6)

 Never applied for a procedure-no documents

23 (35.9)

12 (29.3)

35 (19)

  1. A, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep., Gabon; B, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone; C, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan; D, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunesia; E, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria; F, Afghanistan, Pakistan; G, Albania, Serbia
  2. *n, 4 missing data