Table 1 Demographics of study population
Characteristic | Male(n = 290) | Female(n = 245) | Total(n = 535) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N% | N | N% | N | N% | |
Married | ||||||
Yes | 48 | 84.1 | 23 | 9.4 | 69 | 12.9 |
No | 244 | 15.9 | 222 | 90.6 | 466 | 87.1 |
Age Groups | ||||||
< 19 | 12 | 4.1 | 26 | 10.6 | 38 | 7.1 |
20–24 | 127 | 43.8 | 120 | 49.0 | 247 | 46.2 |
25–29 | 83 | 28.6 | 69 | 28.2 | 152 | 28.4 |
30–34 | 53 | 18.3 | 28 | 11.4 | 81 | 15.1 |
35–39 | 15 | 5.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 17 | 3.2 |
Living with spouse in Turkey | ||||||
Yes | 22 | 58,5 | 19 | 82.6 | 41 | 53.9 |
No | 31 | 41.5 | 4 | 17.4 | 35 | 26.1 |
Spouse/children Health Insurance | ||||||
Yes | 11 | 50.0 | 16 | 84.2 | 27 | 65.9 |
No | 11 | 50.0 | 3 | 15.8 | 14 | 34.1 |
Country of origin | ||||||
Africa | 178 | 61.6 | 85 | 34.4 | 262 | 49.2 |
Middle East | 70 | 24.2 | 60 | 24.6 | 130 | 24.4 |
Asia | 25 | 8.7 | 58 | 23.8 | 83 | 15.6 |
Europe | 13 | 4.2 | 37 | 15.2 | 49 | 9.2 |
Other regions | 4 | 1.4 | 5 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.7 |
Economic status | ||||||
Good | 49 | 16.9 | 70 | 28.6 | 119 | 22.2 |
Average | 197 | 67.9 | 149 | 60.8 | 346 | 64.7 |
Bad | 44 | 15.2 | 26 | 10.6 | 70 | 13.1 |
Level of study | ||||||
Undergraduate | 133 | 45.9 | 132 | 53.9 | 265 | 49.5 |
Masters | 85 | 29.3 | 66 | 26.9 | 151 | 28.2 |
Doctorate | 72 | 24.8 | 47 | 19.2 | 119 | 22.3 |
Duration of stay in Turkey (years) | ||||||
1 | 45 | 15.5 | 51 | 20.8 | 96 | 17.9 |
2 | 106 | 36.6 | 91 | 37.1 | 197 | 36.8 |
3 | 54 | 18.6 | 46 | 18.8 | 100 | 18.7 |
4 | 34 | 11.7 | 23 | 9.4 | 57 | 10.7 |
5 | 23 | 7.9 | 19 | 7.8 | 42 | 7.9 |
> 5 | 28 | 9.7 | 15 | 6.1 | 21 | 8.0 |