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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Psychol. 2015 Apr 4;4(2):83–97. doi: 10.1037/ipp0000031

Table 3.

Post-Genocide Risk and Resiliency Factors and Mental Health (N=61)

Binary Items N n (%)
Return to School 56 40 (71.43%)
Educational Attainment, Mean (SD) 48 3.50 (1.50)
 1 = Less than primary school 5 (10.42%)
 2 = Completed primary 6 (12.50%)
 3 = Some secondary 16 (33.33%)
 4 = Completed secondary school 8 (16.67%)
 5 = Some university 8 (16.67%)
 6= Completed university 4 (8.33%)
 7= Graduate school 1 (2.08%)
Poverty, Mean (SD) 61 .70 (.22)
 Things you can’t do because you lack the means 60 58 (96.67%)
 Sometimes lack food 58 55 (94.83%)
 Mention problems getting food 61 54 (88.52%)
 No water in your home 61 53 (86.89%)
 No permanent job 61 49 (80.33%)
 No electricity in your home 55 34 (61.80%)
 Typically eating less than two meals a day 48 20 (41.67%)
 Unemployed 61 28 (45.90%)
 Being a cultivator/farmer 61 18 (29.51%)
Continuous Measures Possible Range Actual Range N Mean (SD)
Social Support 1 – 5 1 – 3.83 61 2.04 (.56)
PTSD Symptoms 0 – 4 0 – 3.90 61 2.29 (.85)
Distress 0 – 4 0.15 – 3.27 61 1.37 (.79)