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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

From: Mental health literacy of resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia: knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and beliefs about helpfulness of interventions

Characteristics

N (Total = 225) i

%

Gender

  

Male

98

43.6

Female

127

56.4

Age in years, mean (SD)

37.9 (14.2)

-

Years of education, mean (SD)

10.7 (3.9)

-

Months in Australia, mean (SD)

59.1 (64.5)

-

Months externally displaced, mean (SD)

49.9 (70.4)

-

Religion

  

Christian

102

45.3

Muslim

86

38.2

Mandean

37

16.4

Marital Status

  

Never Married

51

22.6

Married/Partner

151

66.8

Divorced

5

2.2

Widowed

12

5.3

K10 Psychological Distress

  

Low to mild

88

40.9

Moderate

42

19.5

Severe

85

39.5

Probable PTSDii

70

31.1

  1. iMay not add to 225 due to missing data.
  2. iiHTQ ≥2.5.