Table 1 Sociodemographic information and traumatic experiences
Full study sample | Validation sample | |
|---|---|---|
Interview language N (%) | ||
Kurdish | 148(71.8) | 57(58.16) |
Arabic | 58(28.2) | 41(41.84) |
Gender, N (%) | ||
Male | 102 (49.5) | 49 (50) |
Female | 104 (50.5) | 49 (50) |
Age, mean (SD)a | 32.79 (10.11) | 32.85(10.37) |
Religion, N (%) | ||
Muslim – Sunni | 154(74.8) | 79(80.6) |
Muslim – Shia | 14(6.8) | 3(3.1) |
Yazidi | 38(18.4) | 16(16.3) |
Ethnicity, N (%) | ||
Kurd | 143(69.4) | 70(71.4) |
Arab | 54(26.2) | 28(28.6) |
Other | 9(4.4) | 0(0) |
Nationality, N (%) | ||
Iraqi | 108(52.4) | 47(48) |
Syrian | 98(47.6) | 51(52) |
Formal education, mean (SD)a | 6.38(4.35) | 6.02 (4.21) |
Occupation, N (%) | ||
Household | 117(56.8) | 57(58.2) |
Full-time work | 24(11.6) | 9(9.2) |
Part-time work | 50(24.3) | 23(23.5) |
Student | 7(3.4) | 3(3.1) |
Unemployed | 6(2.9) | 5(5.1) |
Receiving benefit | 2(1.0) | 1(1) |
Having regular income, N (%) | ||
No | 172(83.5) | 82(83.7) |
Yes | 34(16.5) | 16(16.3) |
Number of children, mean (SD) | 3.88 (2.97) | 3.88(2.86) |
Length of stay (or time period) in camp as a refugee, mean (SD)a | 2.63(1.07) | 2.68(.93) |
Traumatic Experiences | ||
War-related event types experienced during displacement, mean (SD)b | 4.28(1.88) | 4.62(2.37) |
War-related event types experienced life time, mean (SD)c | 5.26(2.79) | 5.87(3.30) |
Traumatic event-types experienced, mean (SD)d | 3.32 (2.67) | 2.97(2.47) |
Traumatic event-types witnessed, mean (SD)e | 5.43(3.57) | 3.32(2.50) |