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Table 2 Number and ratea of violent injuries and mental health composite outcomea

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

 

Experiencing Assault

Mental Health Composite

N

Rateb

N

Rateb

Gender Inequality Index (GII) Quartile

 GII Q1 (Lowest Inequality)

509

8.0

3895

61.5

 GII Q2

543

14.3

3291

86.5

 GII Q3

973

13.0

6713

90.0

 GII Q4 (Highest Inequality)

1087

9.9

8272

75.2

Largest 4 Countries

 China (GII = 0.20; Q1)

263

7.2

1130

30.9

 Philippines (GII = 0.45; Q3)

160

7.2

1499

67.9

 Pakistan (GII = 0.59; Q4)

94

4.3

1571

72.3

 India (GII = 0.60; Q4)

232

5.1

2140

46.8

Age at immigration (Years)

 6–9

227

10.5

2678

123.3

 10–13

439

14.4

3398

111.3

 14–17

561

16.7

3547

105.5

 18–21

596

13.9

3656

85.2

 22–25

638

9.3

4322

62.9

 26–29

651

7.4

4570

51.6

Immigrant Status

 Economic

686

6.0

7127

62.0

 Family/other/missing

1500

11.5

9936

76.4

 Refugee

926

22.6

5108

124.8

Income Quintile

 Income Quintile 1 (Lowest)

1415

13.0

9035

83.2

 Income Quintile 2

684

10.0

4940

72.4

 Income Quintile 3

478

9.7

3742

75.8

 Income Quintile 4

333

9.2

2545

70.3

 Income Quintile 5 (Highest)

202

8.6

1909

81.0

Immigration Period

 2003–2005

1035

9.9

7571

72.6

 2006–2008

884

11.0

6155

76.8

 2009–2011

622

11.8

4262

81.2

 2012–2014

411

12.6

2691

82.8

 2015–2017

160

9.7

1492

90.7

Region of Birth

 East Asia and Pacific

535

7.2

3579

47.9

 Europe and Central Asia

356

11.1

3120

97.2

 Latin America and the Caribbean

747

23.7

3682

116.7

 Middle East and North Africa

354

10.7

2894

87.8

 North America

83

12.3

871

129.5

 South Asia

563

6.3

6050

68.0

 Sub-Saharan Africa

474

24.9

1975

103.7

Gross National Income (GNI) Categorization

 Low-income

792

11.2

5530

78.3

 Lower-middle-income

1235

9.1

9195

67.5

 Upper-middle-income

723

15.5

4132

88.5

 High-income

362

11.2

3314

102.4

Marital Status (Immigrants age 18–29 at immigration)

 Married

850

12.3

4940

71.5

 Separated/widowed/divorced

26

20.6

170

135.0

 Single

1008

7.8

7434

57.3

Education (Immigrants age 18–29 at immigration)

 Bachelors or higher

404

5.3

3266

42.8

 Postgraduate less than Bachelors

402

10.4

2337

60.2

 Secondary or less

1068

12.7

6868

82.0

  1. Legend: aTable 2 uses full sample before stratified random sampling is applied; bper 10,000 Person Years (PYs)