Resettlement, mental health, and coping: a mixed methods survey with recently resettled refugee parents in Canada

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Sample characteristics (n = 40)

Characteristic
Parent				Range/min-max
	Age, M (SD)		43.26 (7.81)	30–66
	Female, N (%)		24 (60.0)
	Country of birth, N (%)
		Syria	33 (82.5)
		Iraq	4 (10.0)
		Sudan	3 (7.5)
	Marital status, N (%)
		Married	34 (85.0)
		Separated/divorced	4 (10.0)
		Widowed	2 (5.0)
	Highest level of education, N (%)
		No formal education	4 (10.0)
		Primary school	16 (40.0)
		Secondary school	15 (37.5)
		Post-secondary certificate/diploma	3 (7.5)
		Bachelor’s degree and above	2 (5.0)
	Number of children under 18 years in same household, M (SD)		3.40 (1.82)	1–7
	Year of arrival in Canada, N (%)
		2018	1 (2.5)
		2019	21 (52.5)
		2020	14 (35.0)
		2021	3 (7.5)
	Current employment status, N (%)
		Not working and not seeking work	23 (57.5)
		Full or part-time student	7 (17.5)
		Unemployed and seeking work	5 (12.5)
		Working full or part-time	4 (10.0)
		Retired	1 (2.5)
	Household main source of income, N (%)
		Government assistance	36 (90.0)
		Employment/self-employment income	2 (5.0)
	Parental self-rated health status (% poor/fair)		65.0
	Parental rating of child’s health status (% poor/fair)		28.0
	Psychological distress, M (SD)		12.41 (5.66)	0–24
	Positive parent-child interaction¹, M (SD)		4.37 (1.03)	0–5
	Parent-child conflict¹, M (SD)		0.73 (1.45)	0–5
	Inter-adult conflict¹, M (SD)		0.68 (1.25)	0–5
	Self-rated coping², M (SD)		2.15 (0.71)	0–3

M = mean; SD = standard deviation.
¹ Response options were 0 = never, 1 = less than once a month, 2 = once or twice a month, 3 = once a week, 4 = 2–3 times a week, 5 = almost every day.
² Response options were 0 = not at all, 1 = not well, 2 = well, 3 = very well.

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