Descriptive characteristics of participating asylum seekers and their self-reported health status (N=156)
| Freq (col %) | Freq (% of N) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Gender not specified | Total | Missing per item | |
| Sociodemographic data | |||||
| Place of residence | |||||
| County 1 | 31 (30.7) | 18 (51.4) | 12 (60) | 61 (39.1) | |
| County 2 | 29 (28.7) | 9 (25.7) | 3 (15) | 41 (26.3) | |
| County 3 | 41 (40.6) | 8 (22.9) | 5 (25) | 54 (34.6) | |
| N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 156 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
| Language | |||||
| English | 34 (33.7) | 6 (17.1) | 8 (40) | 48 (30.8) | |
| Persian | 18 (17.8) | 4 (11.4) | 2 (10) | 24 (15.4) | |
| Serbian | 17 (16.8) | 5 (14.3) | 1 (5) | 23 (14.7) | |
| German | 16 (15.8) | 14 (40) | 3 (15) | 33 (21.2) | |
| Arabic | 8 (7.9) | 3 (8.6) | 4 (20) | 15 (9.6) | |
| Russian | 5 (5) | 2 (5.7) | 1 (5) | 8 (5.1) | |
| French | 3 (3) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (5) | 5 (3.2) | |
| N (%) | 101 (100) | 35 (100) | 20 (100) | 156 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 18–29 | 48 (53.9) | 14 (53.8) | 0 (0) | 62 (53.9) | |
| 30–39 | 24 (27) | 4 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 28 (24.4) | |
| 40–49 | 13 (14.6) | 4 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 17 (14.8) | |
| 50–59 | 3 (3.4) | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.4) | |
| >60 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.6) | |
| N (%) | 89 (100) | 26 (100) | 0 (0) | 115 (100) | 41 (26.3) |
| Country of origin | |||||
| Iran | 10 (12.8) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 13 (12) | |
| Pakistan | 9 (11.5) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (11.1) | |
| Gambia | 9 (11.5) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (100) | 11 (10.2) | |
| Macedonia | 8 (10.3) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 11 (10.2) | |
| Afghanistan | 9 (11.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | |
| Iraq | 5 (6.4) | 4 (13.3) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | |
| Serbia | 6 (7.7) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 9 (8.3) | |
| Kosovo | 2 (2.6) | 5 (17.2) | 0 (0) | 7 (6.5) | |
| India | 6 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (5.6) | |
| Other | 14 (18.1) | 7 (23.9) | 0 (0) | 21 (19.4) | |
| N (%) | 78 (100) | 29 (100) | 1 (100) | 108 (100) | 48 (30.7) |
| Residential status | |||||
| Residence permit during asylum procedure | 29 (54.7) | 13 (50) | 0 (0) | 42 (53.2) | |
| Temporary residency status (‘Duldung’) | 19 (35.8) | 8 (30.8) | 0 (0) | 27 (34.2) | |
| Other | 5 (9.5) | 5 (19.2) | 0 (0) | 10 (12.7) | |
| N (%) | 53 (100) | 26 (100) | 0 (0) | 79 (100) | 77 (49.4) |
| Duration of stay in Germany in months | |||||
| Median (IQR) | 18.5 (7–41) | 7 (3–27) | NA | 16 (6–39) | |
| N | 86 | 29 | 0 | 115 | 41 (26.3) |
| Highest degree of education | |||||
| None | 14 (14.6) | 7 (20) | 0 (0) | 21 (15.7) | |
| Primary school | 24 (25) | 12 (34.3) | 0 (0) | 36 (26.9) | |
| Secondary school | 29 (30.2) | 6 (17.1) | 2 (66.7) | 37 (27.6) | |
| University | 28 (29.2) | 10 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 38 (28.4) | |
| Religious school | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (1.5) | |
| N (%) | 96 (100) | 35 (100) | 3 (100) | 134 (100) | 22 (14.1) |
| Self-reported health status | |||||
| General state of health | |||||
| Very bad | 4 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (2.7) | |
| Bad | 20 (20.4) | 6 (17.6) | 3 (17.65) | 29 (19.5) | |
| Fair | 25 (25.5) | 8 (23.5) | 5 (29.41) | 38 (25.5) | |
| Good | 30 (30.6) | 14 (41.2) | 2 (11.8) | 46 (30.9) | |
| Very good | 19 (19.4) | 6 (17.6) | 7 (41.2) | 32 (21.5) | |
| N (%) | 98 (100) | 34 (100) | 17 (100) | 149 (100) | 7 (4.5) |
| Chronic morbidity | |||||
| Yes | 35 (38) | 17 (53.1) | 5 (26.3) | 57 (39.9) | |
| N (%) | 92 (100) | 32 (100) | 19 (100) | 143 (100) | 13 (8.3) |
| Long-term activity limitations | |||||
| Not limited | 46 (51.1) | 18 (54.5) | 3 (21.4) | 67 (48.9) | |
| Limited | 26 (28.9) | 11 (33.3) | 7 (50) | 44 (32.1) | |
| Strongly limited | 18 (20) | 4 (12.1) | 4 (28.6) | 26 (19) | |
| N (%) | 90 (100) | 33 (100) | 14 (100) | 137 (100) | 19 (12.2) |
Col %, column per cent; Freq, absolute frequency; NA, not applicable.