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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