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Table 1 Sociodemographic and migration-specific characteristics of the total sample and stratification by gender and somatic distress severity (N = 116)

From: Somatic distress among Syrian refugees with residence permission in Germany: analysis of a cross-sectional register-based study

 

Total (N = 116)

Male (n = 80)

Female (n = 36)

Low somatic distress1 (n = 88)

High somatic distress2 (n = 28)

n

%a*

n

%a*

n

%a*

n

%a*

n

%a*

Age group

18–24

16

13.8

14

17.5

2

5.6

15

17.0

1

3.6

25–44

75

64.7

52

65.0

23

63.9

54

61.4

21

75.0

≥ 45

25

21.6

14

17.5

11

30.6

19

21.6

6

21.4

Marital status

Single

34

29.3

34

42.5

0

0.0

32

36.4

2

7.1

Married/in a relationship

77

66.4

45

56.3

32

88.9

53

60.2

24

85.7

Divorced/Widowed

5

4.3

1

1.3

4

11.1

3

3.4

2

7.1

Current activitiesb

School/Studies

17

14.7

15

18.8

2

5.6

15

17.0

2

7.1

Employmentc

47

40.5

40

50.0

7

19.4

37

42.0

10

35.7

Family in crisis areasd

89

76.7

61

76.3

28

77.8

65

73.9

24

85.7

 

M

(SD)

Range

M

(SD)

Range

M

(SD)

Range

M

(SD)

Range

M

(SD)

Range

Education in years

(n = 115)

10.80

(5.47)

0–30

11.51

(5.28)

0–30

9.25

(5.62)

0–20

10.55

(5.87)

0–30

11.57

(3.40)

6–20

Duration of stay in Germanye (n = 114)

41.51

(7.33)

9–67

42.27

(6.90)

9–67

39.80

(8.12)

18–67

41.71

(7.16)

9–67

40.85

(7.99)

18–67

Future validity of permite (n = 114)

9.80

(10.37)

-2–35

9.76

(10.36)

-2–35

9.89

(10.57)

-2–35

9.57

(10.13)

-2–35

10.50

(11.25)

-2–35

German language skillsf

2.30

(1.03)

0–4

2.51

(1.02)

0–4

1.83

(0.91)

0–3

2.39

(1.07)

0–4

2.04

(0.88)

0–4

Number of experienced trauma types

2.87

(2.59)

0–12

3.19

(2.74)

0–12

2.17

(2.06)

0–8

2.59

(2.34)

0–12

3.82

(3.09)

0–11

Acculturative stress (BISS)g

Perceived discrimination

1.77 (0.70)

 1–4

1.77 (0.66)

 1–4

1.75 (0.77)

 1–4

1.72 (0.67)

 1–4

1.92 (0.77)

 1–4

Intercultural contact stress

1.67 (0.59)

 1–4

1.67 (0.55)

 1–4

1.67 (0.68)

 1–4

1.62 (0.58)

 1–4

1.84 (0.60)

 1–4

General psychosocial stress

2.13 (0.71)

 1–4

2.13 (0.68)

 1–4

2.13 (0.76)

 1–4

2.04 (0.72)

 1–4

2.42 (0.59)

 1–4

Homesickness

2.44 (0.81)

 1–4

2.35 (0.72)

 1–4

2.64 (0.96)

 1–4

2.33 (0.81)

 1–4

2.79 (0.71)

 1–4

Total score

1.88

(0.59)

 1–4

1.88

(0.55)

 1–4

1.90

(0.67)

 1–4

1.82

(0.58)

 1–4

2.08

(0.57)

 1–4

  1. * Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding; a Valid values; b Multiple answers possible; c full-time, part-time or marginal employment; d Family members currently living in crisis areas; e In months; f Self-evaluation on a scale from 0 (no skills) to 4 (very good skills); g BISS = Barcelona Immigration Stress Scale; 1 Low somatic distress is defined as minimal or mild somatic symptoms score (PHQ-15 score < 10); 2 High somatic distress is defined as moderate or severe somatic symptoms score (PHQ-15 score ≥ 10)
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