Table 1.
Demographics of All Bhutanese Refugee Respondents and by Gender
| Variable | All (N = 423), M (SD) or n (%) | Male (N = 221, 52.2%), M (SD) or n (%) | Female (N = 202, 47.8%), M (SD) or n (%) | Male vs. female p (df:test statistic)a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 38.3 (16.0) | 37.7 (15.9) | 38.8 (16.1) | .491 (409:−0.69) |
| Years resettled in United States | 1.80 (0.99) | 1.71 (0.99) | 1.89 (0.98) | .069 (402:−1.83) |
| Household size | 5.32 (1.67) | 5.25 (1.71) | 5.39 (1.62) | .408 (414:−0.83) |
| Number of children | 2.41 (2.61) | 2.16 (2.59) | 2.67 (2.61) | .044 (419:−2.02) |
| Marital Status | .004 (2:11.25) | |||
| Married | 301 (71.2%) | 151 (68.3%) | 150 (74.3%) | |
| Single | 93 (22.0%) | 60 (27.2%) | 33 (16.3%) | |
| Other | 24 (5.7%) | 7 (3.2%) | 17 (8.4%) | |
| Religion | .122 (3:5.788)b | |||
| Hindu | 306 (72.3%) | 150 (67.9%) | 156 (77.2%) | |
| Christian | 68 (16.1%) | 39 (17.7%) | 29 (14.4%) | |
| Buddhist | 42 (9.9%) | 29 (13.1%) | 13 (6.4%) | |
| Other | 7 (1.7%) | 3 (1.4%) | 4 (2.0%) | |
| Employment status | <.001 (1:41.40) | |||
| Yes | 216 (51.1%) | 146 (66.1%) | 70 (35.2%) | |
| No | 202 (47.8%) | 73 (33.0%) | 129 (64.8%) | |
| Education | <.001 (4:20.73) | |||
| No education | 148 (35.0%) | 57 (25.9%) | 91 (45.3%) | |
| Primary school | 56 (13.2%) | 32 (14.6%) | 24 (11.9%) | |
| Secondary school | 163 (38.5%) | 92 (41.8%) | 71 (35.3%) | |
| College | 42 (9.9%) | 32 (14.6%) | 10 (5.0%) | |
| Graduate | 12 (2.8%) | 7 (3.2%) | 5 (2.5%) | |
| Ethnicity | .068 (4:8.74)b | |||
| Bahun | 139 (37.3%) | 72 (40.4%) | 67 (34.4%) | |
| Chhetri | 94 (25.2%) | 49(27.5%) | 45 (23.1%) | |
| Dalit | 29 (7.8%) | 16 (89.9%) | 13 (6.7%) | |
| Janajati | 101 (27.1%) | 39 (21.9%) | 62 (31.8%) | |
| Other | 10 (26.8%) | 2(1.1%) | 8 (4.1%) | |
| Literacy (read/write) | <.001 (3:52.95) | |||
| Both | 213 (58.9%) | 141 (63.8%) | 99 (49.3%) | |
| English Only | 7 (1.9%) | 6 (2.7%) | 5 (2.5%) | |
| Nepali Only | 52 (14.3%) | 49 (22.2%) | 16 (8.0%) | |
| Neither | 90 (24.9%) | 25 (11.3%) | 81 (40.3%) | |
| Health | .002 (3:15.19) | |||
| Excellent or very good | 56 (13.2%) | 30 (13.4%) | 26 (12.9%) | |
| Good | 112 (26.5%) | 75 (33.9%) | 37 (18.3%) | |
| Fair | 153 (36.2%) | 73 (33.0%) | 80 (39.6%) | |
| Poor | 102 (24.1%) | 43 (19.5%) | 59 (29.2%) |
a
Test statistic was χ2 for categorical variables or a two-tailed t test for continuous variables.
b
Yates correction for comparisons in which >20% of cells were <5.