Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample
Variable | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Full sample | 5201 | 100% |
Women | 1280 | 25% |
Emergency assistance | 1312 | 25% |
Age | ||
20 to 24 | 987 | 19% |
25 to 39 | 3063 | 59% |
40 to 49 | 755 | 15% |
50 to 59 | 237 | 5% |
60 and older | 159 | 3% |
Language | ||
Other | 2673 | 51% |
French | 1087 | 21% |
German, Italian, English | 1441 | 28% |
Family situation | ||
Couple | 178 | 3% |
Couple with child(ren) | 859 | 17% |
Alone | 3866 | 74% |
Alone with child(ren) | 298 | 6% |
Origin | ||
Stateless | 3 | < 0.1% |
Unknown | 82 | 2% |
Africa | 2539 | 49% |
Americas | 13 | < 1% |
South East Asia | 160 | 3% |
Europe | 571 | 11% |
Eastern Mediterranean | 1737 | 33% |
West Pacific | 96 | 2% |
Housing | ||
Private lease | 246 | 5% |
Collective | 4854 | 93% |
Individual | 100 | 2% |
Hospital | 1 | < 0.1% |
Mean | Range | |
Length of stay (months) | 20.0 | 1-82 |
Monthly cost | ||
MHIa | 445.8 | 0-33,773 |
Migrant Care Unit | 266.0 | 3.2-2859 |
Total | 711.8 | 11-33,964 |
Monthly contacts | ||
Migrant Care Unit | 1.01 | 0-10.9 |
Outside Migrant Care Unit | 0.57 | 0-4.4 |
Emergency | 0.11 | 0-2.3 |