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Table 2 Demographics by Region of Birth

From: The health profile of newly-arrived refugee women and girls and the role of region of origin: using a population-based dataset in California between 2013 and 2017

 

Region of birth

Africa (Col %)

Southeast Asia (Col %)

Europe/Central Asia (Col %)

Latin America and the Caribbean (Col %)

South Asia (Col %)

Total (Col %)

p-value

Total

894 (100)

863 (100)

906 (100)

408 (100)

9199 (100)

12,270 (100)

 

Age categories

      

0.000

 0–5 years

110 (12.3)

85 (9.8)

151 (16.7)

13 (3.2)

1286 (14)

1645 (13.4)

 

 6–14 years

243 (27.2)

144 (16.7)

152 (16.8)

44 (10.8)

1291 (14)

1874 (15.3)

 

 15–24 years

183 (20.5)

161 (18.7)

138 (15.2)

121 (29.7)

1609 (17.5)

2212 (18)

 

 25–30 years

91 (10.2)

89 (10.3)

92 (10.2)

61 (15)

1356 (14.7)

1689 (13.8)

 

 31–45 years

178 (19.9)

240 (27.8)

175 (19.3)

107 (26.2)

1797 (19.5)

2497 (20.4)

 

 46–64 years

73 (8.2)

131 (15.2)

133 (14.7)

53 (13)

1356 (14.7)

1746 (14.2)

 

 65+ years

16 (1.8)

13 (1.5)

65 (7.2)

9 (2.2)

501 (5.4)

604 (4.9)

 

Entry status

      

0.000

 Asylee

183 (20.5)

538 (62.3)

75 (8.3)

137 (33.6)

332 (3.6)

1265 (10.3)

 

 Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)

0 (0)

24 (2.8)

18 (2)

6 (1.5)

2937 (31.9)

2985 (24.3)

 

 Parolee

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

178 (43.6)

0 (0)

178 (1.5)

 

 Refugee

708 (79.2)

247 (28.6)

811 (89.5)

67 (16.4)

5922 (64.4)

7755 (63.2)

 

 Victim of trafficking

3 (0.3)

54 (6.3)

2 (0.2)

20 (4.9)

8 (0.1)

87 (0.7)

 

Education categories

      

0.000

 None

202 (25.4)

86 (10.4)

74 (9.2)

8 (2.1)

1055 (12.8)

1425 (12.9)

 

 1–7 years

308 (38.7)

195 (23.6)

139 (17.2)

73 (18.8)

1960 (23.7)

2675 (24.1)

 

 8–11 years

114 (14.3)

193 (23.4)

235 (29.2)

81 (20.8)

1295 (15.7)

1918 (17.3)

 

 12–14 years

95 (11.9)

198 (24)

215 (26.7)

137 (35.2)

2659 (32.2)

3304 (29.8)

 

 15+ years

77 (9.7)

153 (18.5)

143 (17.7)

90 (23.1)

1300 (15.7)

1763 (15.9)

 

Interpreter needed

      

0.000

 No

301 (33.7)

268 (31.1)

64 (7.1)

121 (29.7)

1088 (11.8)

1842 (15)

 

 Yes

593 (66.3)

595 (68.9)

842 (92.9)

287 (70.3)

8111 (88.2)

10,428 (85)

 

Lived in another country prior to US

     

0.000

 No

153 (17.1)

427 (49.5)

206 (22.7)

191 (46.8)

1492 (16.2)

2469 (20.1)

 

 Yes

741 (82.9)

436 (50.5)

700 (77.3)

217 (53.2)

7707 (83.8)

9801 (79.9)

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