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Table 1 Prevalence of demographic, socioeconomic, health care utilization, conflict, and displacement related factors

From: Prevalence of mental disorders and epidemiological associations in post-conflict primary care attendees: a cross-sectional study in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Variable

Level

N

Weighted Percent

95% CI

Age Group

18 to 34

144

15.0

10.3–19.8

35 to 49

278

24.3

21.7–26.8

50 to 64

335

32.2

25.9–38.4

65 +

258

28.5

23.1–33.9

Gender

Female

533

52.2

44.1–60.2

Male

482

47.8

39.8–55.9

Marital Status

Married

803

79.6

75.8–83.4

Widowed, Separated, Divorced or Missing

164

15.8

13.2–18.4

Never Married

48

4.5

2.7–6.4

Ethnicity

Muslim or Sinhala

109

6.9

2.1–11.6

Tamil

906

93.1

88.4–97.9

Religion

Hindu

680

72.7

60.9–84.5

Islam

111

7.2

2.4–12.1

Christian or other

224

20.0

8.2–31.8

Employment Status

Employed

434

38.6

30.1–47.0

Unemployed/Off Sick/Disabled

101

11.2

7.5–14.8

Student, Retired, Other

70

8.3

6.5–10.2

Housewife / At Home

410

41.9

33.8–50.1

Education Level

No formal education, other education

90

8.9

6.6–11.1

Grades 1-Grade 5

307

27.8

22.6–33.0

Grades 6 through O/Ls (Grade 12)

511

51.9

46.2–57.6

University or Higher

107

11.4

8.5–14.3

Household Size

1 to 3

353

34.9

31.6–38.4

4 to 5

442

41.1

34.9–47.2

6 to 10

220

23.9

19.9–27.9

Residence Location

Village / Rural Area

854

83.3

76.4–90.2

City / Town/ Urban Area

86

10.0

3.4–16.6

Plantation, Coastal, Other

74

6.7

1.5–11.9

Born in Region?

No

135

8.8

6.8–10.8

Yes

880

91.2

89.2–93.1

Lived in Region for Conflict?

No

117

9.9

7.2–12.6

Yes

898

90.1

87.4–92.8

Number of Times Displaced

Once

192

22.5

13.4–31.5

More Than Once

823

77.5

68.5–86.5

Where Were You Displaced?

IDP camp

799

70.2

64.4–75.9

With Family, Friends, In Own Home

142

29.8

24.0–35.5

Variable

Level

N

Weighted Percent

95% CI

Did you return to your area of origin? If no, why not?

Home/Village Destroyed, Nowhere to go

52

5.3

2.6–8.1

Did not want to return to old home

79

9.5

5.8–13.2

Government directed to a different location

35

2.7

1.7–3.7

Did return to area of origin

848

82.4

76.8–88.0

Were you a combatant during conflict?

No

989

97.8

96.7–98.9

Yes

26

2.2

1.1–3.3

Were you injured during conflict?

No

820

83.9

81.7–86.2

Yes

194

16.0

13.8–18.3

Loss of Family During Conflict

No

549

62.1

54.9–69.3

Yes

465

37.9

30.7–45.0

Injury to Family during Conflict

No

358

43.5

33.1–53.9

Yes

655

56.5

46.1–66.9

Did you lose property during the conflict? If so, were you able to reclaim it?

Was not able to reclaim properties

547

57.0

50.5–63.6

Was able to reclaim properties

408

35.7

30.5–40.9

Did not lose property as a result of the conflict

59

7.3

4.5–10.0

Social Support Availability

Low

395

40.7

34.9–46.4

Medium

370

34.6

28.6–40.5

High

250

24.7

22.4–27.0

Social Support Adequacy

Low

268

22.4

16.4–28.3

Medium

178

17.8

15.0–20.7

High

568

59.8

53.7–65.9

Social Network Adequacy

Inadequate

231

21.7

17.9–25.5

Adequate

784

78.3

74.5–82.0

Saw general medical doctor within past 3 months

No

85

7.9

4.4–11.4

Yes

929

92.1

88.6–95.6

Saw mental health specialist within past 3 months

No

836

82.8

79.2–86.3

Yes

174

17.2

13.6–20.8

I feel as though health providers don’t understand my problems

Disagree

889

89.6

85.1–94.1

Agree

125

10.4

5.9–14.9

The care I received was not good

Disagree

864

87.9

83.1–92.8

Agree

150

12.1

7.2–16.9

Hospital Type

District hospital

933

86.8

62.7–100.0

Primary medical care unit

82

13.2

0.0–37.3

Variable

N

Weighted Mean

95% CI

Days Without Food Within Past Month

960

0.9

0.7–1.1

Age

1015

53.2

51.6–54.8