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Table 1 Demographic characteristics among a sample of emergency department patients in Belgrade, Serbia, and Laplje Selo, Kosovo, three years after the 1999 NATO bombing campaign (N = 562)

From: War-related psychological sequelae among emergency department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia

Characteristic

N

%

Age

  

   18–34

209

38.49

   35–54

198

36.46

   55+

136

25.05

Female gender

237

42.47

Serbian ethnicity

518

94.01

Married

338

60.68

Living with spouse or partner

350

63.41

Place of birth

  

   Serbia

248

44.29

   Kosovo

254

45.36

   Elsewhere

58

10.36

Number of times moved in past five years

  

   0

352

66.42

   1

86

16.23

   2+

92

17.36

Refugee status during NATO bombing

  

   Was not a refugee

449

82.84

   Refugee for ≤ 30 days

44

8.12

   Refugee > 30 days

49

9.04

Lived in same house as before NATO bombing

444

80.29

Education

  

   High School education or more

355

63.51

   < High School education

204

36.49

Total combined household income last year

  

   >500 German Deutsche Marks (DEM)

166

30.40

   250–500 DEM

157

28.75

   <250 DEM

223

40.84

Employed before NATO bombing

368

65.95

Currently employed

246

44.01

Social support

  

   High

387

69.60

   Moderate

135

25.36

   Low

28

5.04

Site of data collection

  

   Belgrade

310

55.16

   Laplje Selo

252

44.84