Table 1: Study characteristics.
Study Author (Year of study) | Country of Study | Country of Origin of refugee/displaced | Age Range (years) | Proportion of Female Participants (%) | No. of Females in Sample (N) | |
McKelvey (1995) | Philippines | Vietnam | 18.0 - 25.0 | 33.0 | 34 | |
Swiss (1998) | Liberia | Liberia | Not reported | 100.0 | 205 | |
Petersen (2000) | Thailand | Burma/Myanmar | 11.0 - 70.0 | 37.0 | 48 | |
Cardozo (2000) | Kosovo | Kosovo | Not reported | 62.3 | 825 | |
Amowitz (2002) | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | 14.0 - 80.0 | 100.0 | 991 | |
Kerimova (2003) | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | 33.5 * | 100.0 | 457 | |
Hynes (2004) | E. Timor | E. Timor | 18.0 - 49.0 | 100.0 | 287 | |
Avdibegović (2006) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.0 * | 100.0 | 283 | |
Amone-P'Olak (2006) | Uganda | Uganda | 12.0 - 19.0 | 26.5 | 78 | |
Hammoury (2007) | Lebanon | Palestine | 28.0 * | 100.0 | 349 | |
Roberts (2008) | Uganda | Uganda | 35.3 * | 60.1 | 727 | |
Johnson (2008) | Liberia | Liberia | 40.2 - 42.4 | 52.8 | 880 | |
Usta (2008) | Lebanon | Lebanon | 15.0 - 72.0 | 100.0 | 310 | |
Hagan (2009) | Chad | Sudan | 37.1 * | 60.0 | 559 | |
Kinyanda (2010) | Uganda | Uganda | 24.0 * | 70.5 | 573 | |
Vinck (2010) | Central African Republic | Central African Republic | 36.4 * | 49.8 | 936 | |
Johnson (2010) | DRC | DRC | 38.2 - 42.0 | 59.4 | 586 | |
Betancourt (2011) | Sierra Leon | Sierra Leon | 16.2 * | 28.9 | 79 | |
Parmar (2012) | Eastern Cameroon | Central African Republic | 35.1 * | 100.0 | 191 | |
* Age range not available. Mean age reported instead |