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Table 1 Characteristics of study sample of resettled refugee minors in Sweden, by total and country of birth1

From: Children at risk: A nation-wide, cross-sectional study examining post-traumatic stress symptoms in refugee minors from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan resettled in Sweden between 2014 and 2018

  Total sample
N = 1129
Syria
N = 574
Iraq
N = 151
Afghanistan
N = 404
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender
 Boys 600 (53.1) 270 (47.0) 79 (52.3) 251 (62.1)
 Girls 529 (46.9) 304 (53.0) 72 (47.7) 153 (37.9)
 Total 1129 (100.0) 574 (100.0) 151 (100.0) 404 (100.0)
Age
 16 347 (30.7) 202 (35.2) 54 (35.8) 91 (22.5)
 17 376 (33.3) 207 (36.1) 42 (27.8) 127 (31.4)
 18 406 (36.0) 165 (28.7) 55 (36.4) 186 (46.1)
 Total 1129 (100.0) 574 (100.0) 151 (100.0) 404 (100.0)
Migratory status on arrival
 Accompanied 805 (71.3) 511 (89.0) 139 (92.1) 155 (38.4)
 Unaccompanied 324 (28.7) 63 (11.0) 12 (7.9) 249 (61.6)
 Total 1129 (100.0) 574 (100.0) 151 (100.0) 404 (100.0)
Living situation
 With mother and/or father or relatives 832 (78.7) 545 (97.5) 135 (94.4) 152 (42.8)
 Family home or with unrelated adults 112 (10.6) 10 (1.8) 6 (4.2) 96 (27.0)
 HVB home2 113 (10.7) 4 (0.7) 2 (1.4) 107 (30.2)
 Total 1057 (100.00) 559 (100.0) 143 (100.0) 355 (100.0)
  1. 1 Newly resettled refugee minors defined as refugees aged 16 to 18 years who were granted residency in Sweden on grounds of asylum and accepted into a municipality between 2014 and 2018
  2. 2 HVB-home is a government funded institution/home where unaccompanied minors temporarily live and receive basic support