Table 1.
Characteristics of study population %/mean (SD) (n = 100)
| Age (years)a | 36.4 (14.7) |
| Children | 73 |
| Partner | |
| Yes | 53 |
| Religion | |
| Christian | 62 |
| Muslim | 23 |
| Hindu | 3 |
| Buddhist | 2 |
| No religion | 10 |
| Country of origin | |
| Europe | 37 |
| Asia | 29 |
| Africa | 25 |
| America | 9 |
| Reason to come to Netherlands | |
| Political reasons | 57 |
| Non-political reasons | 43 |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 80 |
| Full time or par time job | 20 |
| Literacy | |
| Difficulties reading and writing | 19 |
| Mean duration of residence in Netherlands in years | 5.55 (3.2) |
| Mean duration of residence without documents in years | 2.86 (3.0) |
aOne missing, did not know age