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