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Table 1 Asylum seekers’ background characteristics by food insecurity levels (n = 205)

From: “I worry if I will have food tomorrow”: a study on food insecurity among asylum seekers living in Norway

 

Food secure

Food insecure

Total n

n (%)

Food insecure without hunger

n (%)

Food insecure with hunger

n (%)

Food insecure with child hunger

n (%)

Age in yearsa

35 (13)

29 (9)

31 (10)

33 (3)

31 (10)

Gender

 Female

9 (12)

15 (20)

46 (62)

4 (5)

74

 Male

6 (5)

7 (5)

114 (87)

4 (3)

131

Country of originb

 Syria

4 (8)

3 (6)

42 (81)

3 (6)

52

 Eritrea

5 (14)

6 (17)

23 (64)

2 (6)

36

 Somalia

1 (5)

1 (5)

20 (91)

22

 Iraq

1 (5)

2 (9)

18 (82)

1 (5)

22

 Other

4 (6)

10 (14)

59 (78)

2 (3)

73

Application status

 Submitted

3 (6)

8 (16)

51 (76)

1 (2)

49

 Rejected

4 (7)

4 (7)

50 (82)

3 (5)

61

 Granted

8 (10)

10 (12)

59 (73)

4 (5)

81

 Months in Norwaya

27 (31)

25 (25)

30 (32)

28 (29)

28 (31)

Reception center

 Urban area

8 (7)

16 (13)

91 (76)

5 (4)

85

 Rural area

7 (8)

6 (7)

69 (81)

3 (4)

120

Marital status

 Married

7 (9)

9 (11)

57 (72)

6 (8)

79

 Single

3 (3)

12(13)

80 (84)

95

 Other

5 (16)

1 (3)

23 (74)

2 (7)

31

Education

 None

1 (3)

3 (8)

35 (90)

39

 0–12 years

10 (11)

13 (14)

66 (70)

5 (5)

94

 Higher education

4 (6)

6 (9)

58 (82)

3 (4)

71

Employed before

 Yes

11 (8)

12 (9)

106 (78)

7 (5)

67

 No

4 (6)

10 (15)

52 (78)

1 (2)

136

Monthly budget (euros)a

446 (320)

338 (191)

290 (160)

586 (217)

320 (193)

Food donationsc

1 (7)

6 (27)

13 (8)

1 (13)

21 (10)

Cook without recipe

11 (79)

15 (68)

80 (50)

6 (75)

112 (50)

Food insecurity levels

15 (7)

22 (11)

160 (78)

8 (4)

205

  1. aMean (SD); bOnly the four most common countries are listed; cFrom grocery stores or NGOs