Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participating asylum seekers (N = 156)
Male | Female | Gender not specified | Total | Missings per item | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic data | Freq. (col %) | Freq. (% of N) | ||||
Place of residence | County 1 | 31 (30.7) | 18 (51.4) | 12 (60) | 61 (39.1) | |
County 2 | 29 (28.7) | 9 (25.7) | 3 (15) | 41 (26.3) | ||
County 3 | 41 (40.6) | 8 (22.9) | 5 (25) | 54 (34.6) | ||
N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 156 (100) | 0 (0.0) | |
Country of origin | Iran | 10 (12.8) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 13 (12) | |
Pakistan | 9 (11.5) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (11.1) | ||
Gambia | 9 (11.5) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (100) | 11 (10.2) | ||
Macedonia | 8 (10.3) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 11 (10.2) | ||
Afghanistan | 9 (11.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | ||
Iraq | 5 (6.4) | 4 (13.3) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | ||
Serbia | 6 (7.7) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | ||
Other | 22 (28.2) | 12 (41.4) | 0 (0) | 34 (31.5) | ||
N (%) | 78 (100) | 29 (100) | 1 (100) | 108 (100) | 48 (30.7) | |
Language | Arabic | 8 (7.9) | 3 (8.6) | 4 (20) | 15 (9.6) | |
German | 16 (15.8) | 14 (40) | 3 (15) | 33 (21.2) | ||
English | 34 (33.7) | 6 (17.1) | 8 (40) | 48 (30.8) | ||
French | 3 (3) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (5) | 5 (3.2) | ||
Persian | 18 (17.8) | 4 (11.4) | 2 (10) | 24 (15.4) | ||
Russian | 5 (5) | 2 (5.7) | 1 (5) | 8 (5.1) | ||
Serbian | 17 (16.8) | 5 (14.3) | 1 (5) | 23 (14.7) | ||
N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 156 (100) | 0 (0.0) | |
Age group | 18–29 | 48 (53.9) | 14 (53.8) | 0 (0) | 62 (53.9) | |
30–39 | 24 (27) | 4 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 28 (24.4) | ||
40–49 | 13 (14.6) | 4 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 17 (14.8) | ||
>50 | 4 (4.5) | 4 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 8 (7) | ||
Mean (SD) | 31.0 (9.5) | 34.1 (13.3) | n.a. | 31.73 (10.5) | ||
N (%) | 89 (100) | 26 (100) | 0 (0) | 115 (100) | 41 (26.3) | |
Highest degree of education | None | 14 (14.6) | 7 (20) | 0 (0) | 21 (15.7) | |
Primary school | 24 (25) | 12 (34.3) | 0 (0) | 36 (26.9) | ||
Secondary school | 30 (31.2) | 6 (17.1) | 3 (100) | 39 (29.1) | ||
University | 28 (29.2) | 10 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 38 (28.4) | ||
N (%) | 96 (100) | 35 (100) | 3 (100) | 134 (100) | 22 (14.1) | |
Subjective social status | Lower | 30 (38.0) | 6 (23.1) | 0 (0) | 36 (33.6) | |
Middle | 26 (32.9) | 9 (34.6) | 1 (50) | 36 (33.6) | ||
High | 23 (29.1) | 11 (42.3) | 1 (50) | 35 (32.7) | ||
N (%) | 79 (100) | 26 (100) | 2 (100) | 107 (100) | 49 (31.4) | |
Self-reported health status | ||||||
General state of health | Very bad | 4 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (2.7) | |
Bad | 20 (20.4) | 6 (17.6) | 3 (17.65) | 29 (19.5) | ||
Fair | 25 (25.5) | 8 (23.5) | 5 (29.41) | 38 (25.5) | ||
Good | 30 (30.6) | 14 (41.2) | 2 (11.8) | 46 (30.9) | ||
Very good | 19 (19.4) | 6 (17.6) | 7 (41.2) | 32 (21.5) | ||
N (%) | 98 (100) | 34 (100) | 17 (100) | 149 (100) | 7 (4.5) | |
Utilization of health servicesa | ||||||
Physician (any type) | Yes | 79 (78.2) | 29 (82.9) | 11 (55) | 119 (76.3) | |
General Practitioner | Yes | 65 (64.4) | 24 (68.6) | 9 (45) | 98 (62.8) | |
Specialist | Yes | 21 (20.8) | 11 (31.4) | 3 (15) | 35 (22.4) | |
N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 156 (100) | 0 (0.0) | |
Psychotherapist | Yes | 16 (15.8) | 6 (17.1) | 2 (10) | 24 (15.5) | |
N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 155 (100) | 1 (0.6) | |
Hospital | Yes | 22 (22) | 11 (32.4) | 6 (30) | 39 (25.3) | |
N (%) | 100 (100) | 34 (100) | 20 (100) | 154 (100) | 2 (1.2) | |
Unmet needsa | ||||||
Experienced unmet need | Yes | 42 (44.7) | 11 (31.4) | 10 (50) | 63 (43.5) | 11 (7.1) |
Total | 94 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 145 (100) | ||