Table 1.
Country of present residence, origin and reason for migrating.
| All (N = 1312) |
Male migrant students (N = 706, 53.8% of all) |
Female migrant students (N = 606, 46.2% of all) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
| Age (years) | 15.5 (2.0) | 15.5 (1.9) | 15.5 (2.2) |
| Time in reception country (years) | 1.93 (1.80) | 1.78 (1.63) | 2.11 (1.96) |
| Country of residence | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) |
| Residing in Belgium | 41.2 (540) | 42.4 (299) | 39.8 (241) |
| Residing in Denmark | 18.4 (241) | 19.1 (135) | 17.5 (106) |
| Residing in Norway | 17.1 (224) | 16.9 (119) | 17.3 (105) |
| Residing in Sweden | 13.0 (171) | 11.3 (80) | 15.0 (91) |
| Residing in Finland | 10.4 (136) | 10.3 (73) | 10.4 (63) |
| All (N = 1145) | Males (N = 628) | Females (N = 517) | |
| Origin | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) |
| Middle East1 | 33.7 (386) | 32.6 (205) | 35.0 (181) |
| Asia2 | 20.6 (236) | 25.2 (158) | 14.9 (77) |
| Africa2 | 28.2 (323) | 25.5 (160) | 31.5 (163) |
| Europe within EU3 | 12.5 (143) | 12.3 (77) | 12.8 (66) |
| Europe outside EU | 2.3 (26) | 2.5 (16) | 1.9 (10) |
| Other regions and CoO4 | 2.8 (32) | 1.9 (12) | 3.9 (20) |
| All (N = 1137) | Males (N = 612) | Females (N = 525) | |
| Reason for migrating5 | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) | Per cent (n) |
| Fleeing war6 | 37.3 (424) | 39.7 (243) | 34.5 (181) |
| Fleeing other danger/ persecution6 | 10.6 (120) | 10.5 (64) | 10.7 (56) |
| To be reunited with family | 18.4 (209) | 17.0 (104) | 20.0 (105) |
| Parents’ Labour migration | 22.3 (253) | 21.6 (132) | 23.0 (121) |
| Other responses | 11.5 (131) | 11.3 (69) | 11.8 (62) |
| Refugee background, per cent | 47.0 (593) | 49.3 (334) | 44.3 (259) |
Note. Countries according to participants’ own text responses were divided into regions. 1Middle East = The Asian and African countries around the Mediterranean coast + Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Palestine, and Azerbaijan. 2Except countries included in the Middle East. 3Including members of the European Economic Association (EEA). 4CoO = Countries of origin. 5Mutually exclusive categories. 6The students who ticked one of these two categories were merged, and constitute ‘Refugees’ in this study.