Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants
| Country of origin groups | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Overall cohort | Somali | Ethiopia | Liberia | Sudan | Kenya | Others 1 | |
| Females | 470 (47.8) | 211 (56) | 121 (45.3) | 58 (41.7) | 34 (40.5) | 20 (39.2) | 26 (33.3) | |
| Males | 526 (52.8) | 166 (44) | 146 (54.7) | 81 (58.3) | 50 (59.5) | 31 (60.8) | 52 (66.7) | |
| Age2 | 35.1 (13.3) | 35 (13.9) | 37.1 (14.3) | 33.2 (13.7) | 34.5 (8.7) | 35.1 (13.2) | 32.7 (9.9) | |
| Length of Stay ≥5 Years | 758 (76.2) | 257 (68.2) | 205 (76.8) | 118 (84.9) | 73 (88) | 39 (76.5) | 66 (84.6) | |
| Understand English Well | 765 (77.3) | 232 (62.2) | 202 (76.2) | 138 (99.3) | 73 (86.9) | 49 (96.1) | 71 (91) | |
| Trouble Meeting Expenses (Never or Rarely) | 590 (60) | 278 (74.9) | 196 (74.8) | 31 (22.5) | 37 (44) | 22 (43.1) | 26 (33.3) | |
| Insurance Status | No Insurance | 54 (5.4) | 16 (4.3) | 18 (6.8) | 4 (2.9) | 10 (11.9) | 1 (2) | 5 (6.4) |
| Private Insurance | 543 (54.7) | 129 (34.4) | 149 (56) | 123 (88.5) | 38 (45.2) | 43 (84.3) | 61 (78.2) | |
| Public Insurance | 396 (39.9) | 230 (61.3) | 99 (37.2) | 12 (8.6) | 36 (42.9) | 7 (13.7) | 12 (15.4) | |
| Total sample | 996 (100) | 377 (37.9) | 267 (26.8) | 139 (14) | 84 (8.5) | 51 (5.1) | 78 (7.8) | |
1Other as a country of origin group represented individuals from (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo/Zaire, Ghana, Eritrea, Sierra Leon, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda). This was done due to the small participant representation from each of these countries.
2Age is mean (SD) and all other values shown are n (%).