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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Structural and procedural barriers to health assessment for asylum seekers and other migrants – an explorative survey in Sweden

 

Administrator at regional/county level n = 20 (%)

Health care personnel at health centers n = 315 (%)

Sex

 Female

16 (80.0)

247(78.4)

 Male

4 (20.0)

58 (18.4)

 Missing

0

10 (3.2)

Work position

 Administrator

14 (70.0)

 

 Economist

3 (15.0)

 

 Manager

1 (5.0)

 

 Investigator

1 (5.0)

 

 Physician

 

70 (22.2)

 Nurse/community nurse

 

217 (69.0)

 Head of unit / Manager

 

42 (13.3)

 Missing

1 (5.0)

26 (8.3)

Country of birth

 Sweden

16 (80.0)

286 (90.8)

 Europe (except Sweden)

3 (15.0)

16 (5.1)

 Outside Europe

 

9 (2.9)

 Missing

1 (5.0)

4 (1.3)

Special training in relation to migrants’ health

 Yes

4 (20.0)

53 (16.8)

 No

16 (80.0)

255 (81.0)

 Missing

 

7 (2.2)

Experience of similar work abroad

 Yes

 

55 (17.5)

 In a European country

 

27 (49.1)

 In a country outside Europe

 

26 (47.3)

 Missing

 

2 (3.6)

 No

17 (85.0)

255 (81.0)

 Missing

3 (15.0)

5 (1.6)

Number of years in the present or similar position

 1–5 years

10 (50.0)

161 (51.1)

 6–10 years

6 (30.0)

51 (16.2)

 More than 10 years

3 (15.0)

45 (14.3)

 Missing

1 (5.0)

58 (18.4)