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. 2011 Jan 11;11:26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-26

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants

Variable Participants (N = 110)
Age of each group (Mean ± SD)
 Filipino 55.7 (15.3)
 Sudanese 26.8 (7.0)
 Bosnian 63.0 (13.1)
 Arabic Speaking 39.1 (10.4)
Cultural group (%)
 Filipino 28.2
 Sudanese 22.7
 Bosnian 22.7
 Arabic Speaking 26.4
Years living in Australia (Mean ± SD)
 Filipino 18.2 (9.1)
 Sudanese 5.0 (2.4)
 Bosnian 14.8 (10.2)
 Arabic Speaking 11.6 (9.8)
Marital Status (%)
 Married 81.0
 Divorced 2.0
 Widowed 7.0
 Not married 10.0
Total those with children (%) 86.0
Children per woman (Mean ± SD)
 Filipino 3.1 (1.7)
 Sudanese 1.7 (1.1)
 Bosnian 2.5 (1.1)
 Arabic Speaking 3.1 (1.4)