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Table 3 Experiences of trauma and persecution 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

523 (100)

611 (100)

593 (100)

342 (100)

6494 (100)

8563 (100)

 

Any trauma experience

     

0.000

 No trauma

287 (55.5)

490 (81)

496 (84.2)

197 (58.8)

4614 (72.5)

6084 (72.3)

 

 Any trauma experience

230 (44.5)

115 (19)

93 (15.8)

138 (41.2)

1751 (27.5)

2327 (27.7)

 

Specific type of trauma

 Captivity

      

0.000

 No

462 (88.3)

562 (92)

567 (95.6)

304 (88.9)

6052 (93.2)

7947 (92.8)

 

 Yes

61 (11.7)

49 (8)

26 (4.4)

38 (11.1)

442 (6.8)

616 (7.2)

 

Harm or killed others

     

0.002

 No

509 (97.3)

597 (97.7)

581 (98)

320 (93.6)

6255 (96.3)

8262 (96.5)

 

 Yes

14 (2.7)

14 (2.3)

12 (2.0)

22 (6.4)

239 (3.7)

301 (3.5)

 

Death of a family member

     

0.000

 No

449 (85.9)

588 (96.2)

562 (94.8)

296 (86.5)

5854 (90.1)

7749 (90.5)

 

 Yes

74 (14.1)

23 (3.8)

31 (5.2)

46 (13.5)

640 (9.9)

814 (9.5)

 

Sudden move/loss of home

     

0.000

 No

412 (78.8)

572 (93.6)

563 (94.9)

288 (84.2)

5432 (83.6)

7267 (84.9)

 

 Yes

111 (21.2)

39 (6.4)

30 (5.1)

54 (15.8)

1062 (16.4)

1296 (15.1)

 

Physical assault

      

0.000

 No

434 (83.0)

553 (90.5)

539 (90.9)

245 (71.6)

5929 (91.3)

7700 (89.9)

 

 Yes

89 (17.0)

58 (9.5)

54 (9.1)

97 (28.4)

565 (8.7)

863 (10.1)

 

Sexual assault

      

0.000

 No

468 (89.5)

592 (96.9)

581 (98)

284 (83)

6384 (98.3)

8309 (97)

 

 Yes

55 (10.5)

19 (3.1)

12 (2.0)

58 (17.0)

110 (1.7)

254 (3)

 

Weapon assault

      

0.000

 No

432 (82.6)

583 (95.4)

565 (95.3)

261 (76.3)

6078 (93.6)

7919 (92.5)

 

 Yes

91 (17.4)

28 (4.6)

28 (4.7)

81 (23.7)

416 (6.4)

644 (7.5)

 

Persecution

      

0.000

 No

164 (32.1)

117 (19.5)

473 (80.7)

98 (29.6)

2783 (43.8)

3635 (43.4)

 

 Yes

347 (67.9)

482 (80.5)

113 (19.3)

233 (70.4)

3567 (56.2)

4742 (56.6)

 
  1. Age ≥ 16 for all observations