Table 1 Means, standard deviations and frequencies for demographic and domain (individual, family, school, community) variables investigated in this study of young refugees (N = 694)
Total group | Age category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
5–11 years | 11–13 years | 14–17 years | ||
Demographicsa | ||||
N | 597 (52.9% male) | 216 (52.3% male) | 169 (53.2% male) | 212 (53.0% male) |
Age (M, SD) | 11.6 (3.6) | 7.5 (1.7) | 12.0 (0.81) | 15.5 (1.1) |
Often use carer language | 69.7% | 66.8% | 70.7% | 71.8% |
Often use English | 82.3% | 84.8% | 82.9% | 79.2% |
Individual domain | ||||
Physical healtha | ||||
Rating of physical health (range 1–5) | 4.05 (0.04) | 4.08 (0.07) | 4.12 (0.07) | 3.96 (0.07) |
Physical activity in past week (days) | 2.49 (0.10) | 2.61 (0.18) | 2.67 (0.17) | 2.27 (0.14) |
Family domain | ||||
Family structurea | ||||
Couple with children under 18 | 45.0% | 73.2% | 54.0% | 19.3% |
Couple with children under 18 and other family | 32.6% | 18.3% | 23.2% | 47.9% |
Single with children under 18 | 9.1% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 11.3% |
Single with children under 18 and other family | 13.3% | 1.7% | 14.5% | 21.5% |
Parenting stylea | ||||
Parenting warmth (range 5–25) | 20.42 (3.77) | 21.27 (3.31) | 20.30 (4.03) | 19.62 (3.83) |
Parenting harshness (range 5–25) | 9.22 (3.72) | 8.76 (3.08) | 9.72 (4.27) | 9.29 (3.81) |
School domain | ||||
School achievement average or above averagea | 93.9% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 93.6% |
Achievement awardb | 22.7% | – | 21.2% | 23.8% |
Absenteeism (days per 4 weeks)a | 1.13 (0.11) | 0.87 (0.14) | 0.94 (0.13) | 1.45 (0.21) |
Community domain | ||||
Extracurricular engagementb | 87.5% | – | 88.2% | 86.9% |
Neighbourhood feels safea | ||||
Agree | 96.5% | 98.3% | 94.7% | 95.9% |
Disagree | 3.5% | 1.7% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
Neighbourhood friendlya | ||||
Agree | 96.7% | 98.7% | 93.4% | 96.9% |
Disagree | 3.3% | 1.3% | 6.6% | 3.1% |
Ethnic or religious community supporta | ||||
Yes | 32.6% | 34.8% | 34.5% | 30.0% |
Sometimes | 21.9% | 24.3% | 19.9% | 21.1% |
No | 45.5% | 41.0% | 45.6% | 49.0% |