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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 1215) supplemented with non-response analysis

From: Social support attenuates the link between torture exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among male and female Syrian refugees in Sweden

 

n (%)

Women/Men n

Non-respondents n (%)

Respondents vs. non-respondents χ2 (P-values)

Gender

   

0.4 (0.52)

 Women

452 (37.2)

 

1008 (36.2)

 

 Men

763 (62.8)

 

1777 (63.8)

 

Age-groups

   

68.7 (< 0.01)

 18–29

283 (23.3)

122/161

947 (34.0)

 

 30–39

400 (32.9)

143/257

948 (34.0)

 

 40–49

295 (24.3)

102/193

545 (19.6)

 

 50–64

237 (19.5)

85/152

348 (12.5)

 

Civil status

 Living with partner/husband/wife

780 (64.9)

315/465

  

Level of education

   

47.2 (< 0.01)

 0–9 years

489 (40.2)

176/313

1366 (49.1)

 

  > 9 years without a university degree

255 (21.0)

86/169

637 (22.9)

 

  > 12 years with a university degree

471 (38.8)

190/281

790 (28.4)

 

Years since immigration

   

34.0 (< 0.01)

 Five or more

79 (6.5)

22/57

324 (11.6)

 

 Four

334 (27.5)

117/217

845 (30.4)

 

 Three

802 (66.0)

313/489

1615 (58.0)

 

PTSD

353 (30.6)

141/212

  

Torture exposure

354 (30.6)

90/264

  

Mean score ESSI (SD)

 

3.5 (1.1) /3.3 (1.1)

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