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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample

From: Putative juvenile terrorists: the relationship between multiple traumatization, mental health, and expectations for reintegration among Islamic State recruited adolescent and young adult fighters

  

M

Range

Count

N %

Age

18 (2.29)

14–24 years

  

Ethnicity

Arab

  

55

93.2

Kurd

  

3

5.1

Turkman

  

1

1.7

Religion

Muslim Shia

  

9

15.3

Muslim Suni

  

50

84.7

Mother Tongue

Arabic

  

55

93.2

Kurdish

  

3

5.1

Turkmanish

  

1

1.7

Marital Status

Single

  

41

69.5.0

Married

  

17

28.8

Separated

  

1

1.7

Do you have children

No

  

44

74.6

Yes

  

15

25.4

Years of formal education

7 (2.50)

0–11

  

Days in prison

520 (283)

92–1096 days

  

Did you join ISIS?

No

  

13

22.0

Yes

  

46

78.0

Is your mother alive?

No

  

48

81.4

Yes

  

11

18.6

Is your father alive?

No

  

46

78.0

Yes

  

13

22.0

Number of Siblings

(3–5)

  

27

45.8

(6–8)

  

22

28.8

(9 +)

  

10

17.0

Have you been displaced?

No

  

12

20.3

Yes

  

47

79.7

Have you been tortured?

No

  

51

86.4

Yes

  

8 

13.6