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Table 1 Sociodemographic and migration related factors at baseline, N = 353

From: Changes in self-rated health and quality of life among Syrian refugees migrating to Norway: a prospective longitudinal study

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

 Gender (n, %)

  Women

181

51

  Men

171

49

 Age in years (median, IQR)

34

27–41

 Mother tongue (n, %)

  Arabic

335

95

  Kurmanji

15

4

 Marital status (n, %)

  Married

265

75

  Living with partner among married

260

98

 Number of children (median, IQR)

4

3–5

 Education in years (median, IQR)

8

6–10

 High health literacya (n, %)

195

56

 High social supportb (n, %)

123

35

MIGRATION RELATED FACTORS

 Time since flight from Syria at baseline in years (median, IQR)

5

4–6

 Time since arrival in Lebanon at baseline in years (median, IQR)

5

4–5

 Been in other transit country before Lebanon (n, %)

20

6

 No residence permit in Lebanon at baseline (n, %)

242

69

 Migrating alone to Lebanon (n, %)

55

16

  1. aHigh health literacy defined as scores ≤ 2. bHigh social support defined as > 2 on at least two of the seven items and a total score of > 18