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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)

From: Adjustment of refugee children and adolescents in Australia: outcomes from wave three of the Building a New Life in Australia study

 

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%

  1. Note. Values are reported in the form of either M(SD) or percentages where indicated. Based on weighted data
  2. aCaregiver-reported information
  3. bChild-reported information