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Table 1 Participants' origin, age, level of education and marital status for refugees and non-refugees grouped by sex

From: Gender-related mental health differences between refugees and non-refugee immigrants - a cross-sectional register-based study

		Men			Women
Variable	Category	n refugee	n non-refugee	% refugee	n refugee	n non-refugee	% refugee
Origin	Afghanistan	1612	574	0.73	759	988	0.43
	Iraq	8206	3953	0.67	3154	8601	0.26
	Iran	1935	272	0.87	1394	726	0.65
	Middle East	782	246	0.76	440	548	0.44
	Somalia	1247	669	0.65	912	759	0.54
	former Yugoslavia	2059	673	0.75	1903	756	0.71
Age group	18-24	2879	3316	0.46	1683	3447	0.32
	25-34	5137	1086	0.82	2704	3963	0.40
	35-44	4646	928	0.83	2371	2976	0.44
	45-54	2380	676	0.77	1224	1482	0.45
	55-64	799	381	0.67	580	510	0.53
Education	<9 years	3024	880	0.77	1684	2617	0.39
	9 years	1845	1633	0.53	850	1914	0.30
	12 years	3810	1696	0.69	1978	2985	0.39
	>12 years	3925	1119	0.77	1550	2572	0.37
	Missing	3237	1059	0.75	2500	2290	0.52
Marital status	Single	5692	3226	0.63	2018	2155	0.48
	Married	9058	2744	0.76	5465	9089	0.37
	Widow(-er)	103	10	0.91	397	130	0.75
	Divorce	988	407	0.71	682	1004	0.40

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