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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for each covariate by quartile of Gender Inequality Index (GII)a

From: Association of source country gender inequality with experiencing assault and poor mental health among young female immigrants to Ontario, Canada

 

Total Person Years

GII Q1

(N = 64,089)

GII Q2

(N = 38,778)

GII Q3

(N = 77,482)

GII Q4

(N = 118,879)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age at immigration (years)

 6–9

217,151.2

5799

9.0

4115

10.6

7718

10.0

11,745

9.9

 10–13

305,325.4

5824

9.1

3988

10.3

10,263

13.2

11,806

9.9

 14–17

336,155.5

6544

10.2

4137

10.7

11,106

14.3

11,547

9.7

 18–21

428,999.5

6607

10.3

5387

13.9

12,246

15.8

17,279

14.5

 22–25

686,966.7

14,994

23.4

9184

23.7

15,011

19.4

29,994

25.2

 26–29

885,133.3

24,321

37.9

11,967

30.9

21,138

27.3

36,508

30.7

Immigrant Status

 Economic Class

1,149,898

31,326

48.9

13,788

35.6

33,902

43.8

46,086

38.8

 Family Class

1,300,666.0

28,391

44.3

20,289

52.3

32,173

41.5

48,077

40.4

 Refugee

409,167.5

4372

6.8

4701

12.1

11,407

14.7

24,716

20.8

Income Quintile

 Income Quintile 1 (Lowest)

1,086,293.8

17,730

27.6

13,874

35.8

30,617

39.5

51,669

43.4

 Income Quintile 2

682,299.9

17,171

26.8

8452

21.8

17,996

23.2

27,107

22.8

 Income Quintile 3

493,501.4

11,165

17.4

6517

16.8

13,128

16.9

20,394

17.2

 Income Quintile 4

362,063.4

9758

15.2

5638

14.5

9446

12.2

13,102

11.0

 Income Quintile 5 (Highest)

235,573.0

8265

12.9

4297

11.1

6295

8.1

6607

5.6

Immigration Period

 2003–2005

1,043,228.0

17,719

27.6

9932

25.6

17,339

22.4

30,533

25.7

 2006–2008

801,849.2

16,180

25.2

9383

24.2

19,571

25.3

25,299

21.3

 2009–2011

525,019.5

12,122

18.9

7881

20.3

17,441

22.5

23,299

19.6

 2012–2014

325,091.6

10,558

16.5

7190

18.5

12,333

15.9

22,124

18.6

 2015–2017

164,543.2

7510

11.7

4392

11.3

10,798

13.9

17,624

14.8

Region of Birth

 East Asia and Pacific

746,448.7

44,884

70.0

5592

14.4

28,210

36.4

45

0

 Europe and Central Asia

320,881.3

13,836

21.6

15,461

39.9

1817

2.3

141

0.1

 Latin America and the Caribbean

315,510.1

0

0

7920

20.4

22,539

29.1

1717

1.4

 Middle East and North Africa

329,639.2

2749

4.3

3976

10.3

12,930

16.7

18,441

15.5

 North America

67,242.8

2620

4.1

5231

13.5

0

0

0

0

 South Asia

889,515.9

0

0

0

0

10,514

13.6

79,814

67.1

 Sub-Saharan Africa

190,493.5

0

0

598

1.5

1472

1.9

18,721

15.7

Gross National Income (GNI) Categorization

 Low-income economies

706,343.2

0

0

2755

7.1

3414

4.4

55,222

46.5

 Lower-middle-income economies

1,362,576

22,101

34.5

11,344

29.3

56,206

72.5

55,147

46.4

 Upper-middle-income economies

467,041.2

18,730

29.2

14,754

38.0

17,707

22.9

5661

4.8

 High-income economies

323,771.6

23,258

36.3

9925

25.6

155

0.2

2849

2.4

Marital Status (Immigrants age 18–29 at immigration)

 Married

690,963.9

18,871

41.1

8304

31.3

22,981

47.5

24,554

29.3

 Separated/widowed/divorced

12,592.48

139

0.3

253

1.0

302

0.6

559

0.7

 Single

1,297,079.0

26,902

58.6

17,970

67.7

25,091

51.8

58,611

70.0

Education (Immigrants age 18–29 at immigration)

 Bachelors or higher

762,473.4

17,755

38.7

9263

34.9

15,221

31.5

37,165

44.4

 Postgraduate less than Bachelors

388,378.9

12,661

27.6

5758

21.7

9985

20.6

10,277

12.3

 Secondary or less

837,774.9

14,610

31.8

11,178

42.1

22,830

47.2

34,871

41.6

  1. Legend: aTable 1 uses full sample before stratified random sampling is applied