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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants (mean [SD] or %) and descriptives of the included measures, based on raw scores

From: Culture competence and mental health across different immigrant and refugee groups

Demographic Characteristics

Norway

USA

TOTAL

Unaccompanied Refugee Sample n = 895

High School Sample n = 591

University Sample n = 321

n = 1807

Foreign born (%)

No

57.30

18.20

Yes

100.00

42.70

100.00

81.80

Gender (%)

 Male

81.90

42.60

31.50

60.10

 Female

18.10

57.40

68.50

39.90

Age

M

18.62

16.75

20.89

18.41

SD

2.63

1.47

2.23

2.65

Length of stay (in years)

M

3.44

14.36

10.41

8.17

SD

2.28

4.32

6.07

6.28

MCC

M

2.69

3.36

3.15

3.01

SD

0.60

0.64

0.65

0.69

MCC-Language

M

2.99

3.63

3.61

3.32

SD

0.64

0.61

0.65

0.70

MCC-Behavioral

M

2.61

3.28

3.02

2.92

SD

0.69

0.71

0.72

0.77

HCC

M

3.27

3.29

3.31

3.28

SD

0.50

0.65

0.56

0.57

HCC- Language

M

3.36

2.93

3.04

3.15

SD

0.71

0.91

0.86

0.84

HCC- Behavioral

M

3.24

3.39

3.39

3.32

SD

0.54

0.68

0.60

0.61

Depressive Symptoms

M

20.85

16.17

17.31

18.80

SD

9.50

11.26

10.54

10.48

  1. Notes. MCC Majority Culture Competence; HCC Heritage Culture Competence