Table 1.

Data set and sample characteristics

Country	Period	Somali-born women (%)					Receiving country-born women (%)
		n	Aged <20*	Aged 35****	Nulliparous	No partner	n	Aged <20*	Aged 35****	Nulliparous	No partner
Australia—NSW	1999–2003	227	3.5***	15.4**	26.4***	9.3***	204,675	7.8	11.2	40.7	32.2
Australia—Victoria	1999–2003	897	2.2***	14.0**	20.5***	18.8**	149,479	5.4	13.1	41.1	20.0
Belgium—Brussels	1998–2004	72	5.6**	14. 6**	n/a	45.1****	25,371	1.9	11.8	46.6	28.2
Belgium—Flanders	2000–2004	137	5.8****	15.3**	32.1***	45.5****	306,019	2.3	18.0	n/a	16.0
Canada—Quebec	1997–2000	109	1.2***	17.7***	n/a	n/a	208,558	4.5	19.7	n/a	n/a
Canada—Ontario	1997–2000	2,418	6.4***	13.8**	n/a	n/a	354,377	13.4	14.6	n/a	n/a
Finland	1999–2001	833	2.5**	13.6***	13.8***	9.4***	158,911	3.0	18.4	41.2	13.5
Norway	1999–2003	2,288	3.1**	16.4***	22.0***	25.3****	310,923	2.5	15.1	40.7	10.9
Sweden	1999–2003	3,450	2.0**	16.6**	17.1***	30.0****	450,578	1.9	17.7	44.1	5.2
Total		10,431					2,168,891

^*Aged <22 for Canada-Quebec n/a = not available.

^**No significant differences between Somali-born women and the receiving country-born population.

^***Somali-born women were significantly less likely than the receiving country-born population to be younger/older/nulliparous/have no partner.

^****Somali-born women were significantly more likely than the receiving country-born population to be younger/older/nulliparous/have no partner.