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Table 1 Sample Characteristics of respondents

From: Is legal status associated with mental illness among newly arrived refugees in Sweden: an epidemiological study

Sample Characteristics

Total

N = 566

 
 

n

(%)

Clinic

Clinic 1

246

49.7

Clinic 2

320

47.9

Sex

Men

354

62.5

Women

212

37.5

Legal status

Asylum seekers

393

69.4

Quota and other refugees

171

30.2

Age

14–25

183

32.3

26–35

170

30.0

36>

213

37.6

Country of origin by World Bank GNI Classification

Low

227

40.1

Lower-middle

152

26.9

Upper- middle and high

186

32.9

Probability rate of first-time recognition

Low (0–39%)

319

56.4

Middle (40–79%)

118

20.8

High (80–100%)

129

22.8

Country of origin

Syria

78

13.8

Eritrea

51

9.0

Iran

51

9.0

Uzbekistan

30

5.3

All Others

356

62.9